Chapter Summaries

Lin Ying told Qin Nanyue about Lu Yang’s overwhelming prowess and the care he had shown her, leaving Qin Nanyue surprised and envious. Lin Ying then teased Qin Nanyue about her feelings for Lu Yang and asked her to help share the burden of being his dao companion, while Qin Nanyue protested as they walked away laughing.

• Qin Nanyue asked Lin Ying about her life with Lu Yang, and Lin Ying admitted it was blissful but frightening because he was too formidable for her to handle alone.
• Lin Ying told Qin Nanyue how Lu Yang had welcomed her into his household, arranged a Golden Core Realm protector, and given her precious gifts.
• Qin Nanyue learned that Lin Ying had three Golden Core Realm protectors, including one at Peak Golden Core, and felt a trace of envy before celebrating her friend’s good fortune.
• Lin Ying asked whether Qin Nanyue liked Lu Yang, and Qin Nanyue denied it while avoiding her gaze.
• Lin Ying playfully asked Qin Nanyue to help her with Lu Yang, and Qin Nanyue protested as the two friends teased each other down the mountain path.

Lu Yang filled the Spiritual Qi Concentration Regulator with 23.5 million low-grade Spirit Stones and used an Advanced Rebate Card to receive 470 million. While he cultivated, Jiang Shiqing explored the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect to find its dining hall, where she unexpectedly met Fang Jin.

• Lu Yang deposited 23.5 million low-grade Spirit Stones into the Spiritual Qi Concentration Regulator, extending its duration by more than three hundred years.
• Lu Yang used an Advanced Rebate Card on the deposit and received 470 million low-grade Spirit Stones, then upgraded Tycoon's Confidence to Level 9.
• Lu Yang decided not to disturb Jiang Shiqing during the night and entered the cultivation room to cultivate.
• At dawn, Jiang Shiqing cleaned the cave abode and left to explore the sect and locate its dining hall for Lu Yang.
• After reaching the sect's square, Jiang Shiqing was recognized by Fang Jin, the third young lady of the Fang Household, who asked why she was at the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect.

Fang Jin met Jiang Shiqing at the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect and, hoping to get closer to Young Master Lu, offered to show her around. After Jiang Shiqing brought Lu Yang Spirit Cuisine, he praised her diligence and invited her to cultivate a two-person method, leaving Jiang Shiqing thrilled at the prospect.

• Fang Jin recalled the rumors about Young Master Lu's immense status and envied Jiang Shiqing for being taken in by him.
• Jiang Shiqing greeted Fang Jin and explained that she had come to the sect with Young Master Lu.
• Fang Jin offered to show Jiang Shiqing around, and Jiang Shiqing used Fang Jin's sect token to buy Spirit Cuisine.
• Lu Yang finished cultivating, praised Jiang Shiqing for buying food and learning her way around, and patted her head.
• Lu Yang invited Jiang Shiqing to cultivate a profound earth-rank method requiring two people, and she followed him eagerly, recognizing it as Record of Same-Heart Creation.

After dual cultivating with Jiang Shiqing, Lu Yang found her affection had reached 100 and claimed the reward, including a peak-grade Earth-tier Water Dao cultivation method. He decided not to abandon his Metal and Sword Dao foundations and focused instead on raising Qin Nanyue's affection further.

• Lu Yang finished dual cultivating with Jiang Shiqing, left her sleeping, and went for a nighttime run to complete his daily mission.
• Lu Yang checked the panel and saw Jiang Shiqing's affection had reached 100, while Qin Nanyue's had unexpectedly risen from 79 to 85.
• Lu Yang claimed Qin Nanyue's 80-point reward, receiving a Mid-Level Rebate Card, Law Technique experience, and a Thousand-Year Sword Intent Grass he planned to give her.
• Lu Yang opened Jiang Shiqing's 100-point reward and discovered the peak-grade Earth-tier Water Dao method True Explanation of the Azure Waves and its matching Law Techniques.
• Lu Yang considered switching to Water Dao but decided to preserve his Metal and Sword Dao insights, and resolved to raise Qin Nanyue's affection to 100.

Lu Yang activated Jiang Shiqing’s Beauty Cultivation Plan, setting her on the path to become an Immortal Emperor of the Water Dao and gaining powerful rewards for them both. After completing his running task, he sent Li Ao to search Qin Province for valuable items to buy.

• Lu Yang unlocked Jiang Shiqing’s cultivation plan after seeing that her affection had reached 100, with goals to reach Foundation Establishment and defeat a second-tier Demon Beast.
• Jiang Shiqing gained the Blood Melts into Water and Rivers Flow Without End Fortune Traits, while Lu Yang received a Soul-Suppressing Jade Pendant, a Marrow-Washing Profound-Penetrating Fruit, and five puppet bodyguards.
• Lu Yang claimed the puppets named Wang Shiyi through Wang Shiwu and assigned three to Jiang Shiqing, keeping two as spares.
• Lu Yang completed his daily running task and received a small increase in strength.
• Lu Yang ordered Li Ao to search Qin Province for valuable items, preferably worth more than four hundred million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

Li Ao received Lu Yang’s order to purchase goods worth over four hundred million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, while Lu Yang arranged for Jiang Shiqing to become an inner disciple of the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect. The next morning, Elder Mo Xianyun arrived at Lu Yang’s mist-shrouded mountain and worried that something was wrong with it.

• Li Ao learned through a voice transmission that Lu Yang wanted him to buy something worth over four hundred million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and eagerly accepted the task.
• Lu Yang wondered whether Lin Ying had caused Qin Nanyue’s affection for him to rise, then arranged to meet Lin Ying the next morning.
• Lu Yang asked Qi Yunshu to let Jiang Shiqing join the sect, and Qi Yunshu agreed to grant her inner disciple status.
• Lu Yang returned to his cultivation chamber after Jiang Shiqing could no longer continue dual cultivation.
• Mo Xianyun arrived at Lu Yang’s mountain, saw it shrouded in dense spiritual mist, and respectfully requested an audience.

Mo Xianyun visited Lu Yang’s peak and was astonished by the immense Spiritual Qi he had gathered there. Meanwhile, Lu Yang comforted Jiang Shiqing, gave her a Beauty-Preserving Pill, and left her feeling cherished as she recovered from their first night together.

• Wang Wu guided Mo Xianyun through the mist to Lu Yang’s summit, where she realized the peak’s Spiritual Qi had increased dramatically since Lu Yang arrived.
• Jiang Shiqing greeted Mo Xianyun as Lu Yang’s personal maid, and Mo Xianyun treated her warmly out of respect for Lu Yang.
• Jiang Shiqing woke sore after her first night with Lu Yang, and he teased her before reassuring her that he would let her recover.
• Lu Yang gave Jiang Shiqing a Beauty-Preserving Pill, easing her fear that she would age and lose his affection.
• Lu Yang told Jiang Shiqing he believed in sustainable development, and she resolved to learn the remaining techniques in the Record of Same-Heart Creation once she recovered.

Lu Yang gave Jiang Shiqing powerful cultivation resources and three Golden Core Realm Dao protectors, then arranged for her to register as an inner disciple of the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect. At the Affairs Hall, Mo Xianyun asked Lu Yang whether he was responsible for the mountain’s unusually concentrated Spiritual Qi.

• Lu Yang gave Jiang Shiqing a Marrow-Washing Profound-Penetrating Fruit, a Water Dao cultivation manual, and two Water Dao Law Treasures.
• Lu Yang summoned Wang Shiyi, Wang Shisan, and Wang Shiwu to serve as Jiang Shiqing’s Dao protectors and said they could protect the Jiang Household too.
• Mo Xianyun arrived at Lu Yang’s residence on the sect master True Lord’s orders, and Lu Yang told Jiang Shiqing to go with her to register as an inner disciple.
• Mo Xianyun met Lu Yang in the main hall and asked whether he had caused the mountain’s increased Spiritual Qi concentration.

Lu Yang confirmed that he had raised the mountain’s Spiritual Qi without affecting the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect’s Spirit Vein. Mo Xianyun was stunned by Wang Shiyi’s strength and humble service to Jiang Shiqing, while Lin Ying brought Qin Nanyue to meet Lu Yang ahead of their planned spar.

• Lu Yang told Mo Xianyun that he had increased the mountain’s Spiritual Qi and assured her the sect’s Spirit Vein was unharmed.
• Jiang Shiqing summoned Wang Shiyi, whose Peak Golden Core strength and respectful treatment of her astonished Mo Xianyun.
• Wang Shiyi agreed to escort Jiang Shiqing to the Affairs Hall, and Mo Xianyun accompanied them on her flying sword.
• Lin Ying brought Qin Nanyue toward Lu Yang’s mountain, saying Lu Yang had asked her to come along.
• Qin Nanyue insisted she could beat Lu Yang in their upcoming spar, while Lin Ying privately suspected Qin Nanyue had fallen for him.

Qin Nanyue and Lin Ying visited Lu Yang’s transformed mountain, where he invited Qin Nanyue to stay and asked Lin Ying to make pills for their group. After giving Lin Ying a million Low-Grade Spirit Stones for pocket money and alchemy supplies, Lu Yang left Qin Nanyue wondering whether he would treat her just as well if she became his woman.

• Qin Nanyue and Lin Ying found Lu Yang’s mountain shrouded in mist and filled with Spiritual Qi far denser than the surrounding peaks.
• Lu Yang confirmed he had made the mountain’s Spiritual Qi ten times denser and invited Qin Nanyue to find a cave abode there.
• Lin Ying agreed to try refining Supreme-Grade Hundred Herbs Pills for Lu Yang, Qin Nanyue, Jiang Shiqing, and herself.
• Lu Yang told Lin Ying to stop refining pills for sale and gave her one million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, with Jiang Shiqing to arrange purchases of herbs.
• Qin Nanyue envied how generously Lu Yang treated Lin Ying and wondered whether he would treat her the same way if she became his woman.

Lin Ying and Qin Nanyue left to find a cave abode so Lin Ying could refine pills, while Lu Yang continued studying the True Explanation of the Azure Waves. When Jiang Shiqing returned, Lu Yang asked her for basic Water Dao methods to help him understand the advanced text, and she offered to write down the Jade Wave Art.

• Lin Ying thanked Lu Yang affectionately, then hurriedly led Qin Nanyue away to find a cave abode and begin refining pills.
• Lu Yang told Lin Ying to make enough Supreme-Grade Hundred Herbs Pills before focusing on Supreme-Grade Yellow Dragon Pills.
• Lu Yang studied the True Explanation of the Azure Waves and found its Water Dao techniques difficult to grasp without learning the fundamentals first.
• Jiang Shiqing returned, and Lu Yang asked her for lower-grade Water Dao Cultivation Methods and Law Techniques.
• Jiang Shiqing gave Lu Yang the Water Gathering Instruction and Dew Drawing Instruction, then offered to write out the Jade Wave Art from memory.

Lu Yang studied the Water Gathering Instruction and Dew Drawing Instruction, using Jiang Shiqing’s explanations to deepen his Water Dao comprehension before mastering both methods. He then gained an initial understanding of the True Explanation of the Azure Waves, leaving Jiang Shiqing astonished after she spent the day copying the Jade Wave Art for him.

• Lu Yang read the Water Gathering Instruction and Dew Drawing Instruction, reaching level 2 in both after one reading.
• Jiang Shiqing answered Lu Yang’s questions about the Water Dao, but his insights soon gave her new understanding instead.
• Lu Yang raised both foundational methods to level 4 through their discussion, then spent experience points to max them out and absorb deeper insights.
• With his Water Dao foundation strengthened, Lu Yang studied the True Explanation of the Azure Waves until he reached level 1.
• Lu Yang told Jiang Shiqing she could stop copying the Jade Wave Art because he had gained an initial understanding of the True Explanation of the Azure Waves, and she dropped her pencil in surprise.

Lu Yang reached entry level in the True Explanation of the Azure Waves and encouraged Jiang Shiqing to study it, while the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect’s leaders debated how to ask him to raise the sect’s Spiritual Qi. The chapter ended with Qi Yunshu asking Lin Xuanchen for his opinion on how to approach Lu Yang.

• Lu Yang told Jiang Shiqing to study the True Explanation of the Azure Waves so he could teach her and help complete her Beauty Cultivation side quest.
• Jiang Shiqing began reading the manual, and Lu Yang left to complete his running task without disturbing Lin Ying and Qin Nanyue.
• Qi Yunshu gathered the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect’s Nascent Soul True Lords after Mo Xianyun reported that Spiritual Qi on Lu Yang’s peak had increased tenfold without affecting the Spirit Vein.
• Su Jinxuan argued that the sect should build its relationship with Lu Yang before asking for help, while Han Qianshan wanted to offer him something enticing and ask immediately.
• Lin Xuanchen calmed Su Jinxuan and Han Qianshan’s quarrel, and Qi Yunshu asked him what he thought they should do.

The Golden Rainbow Sword Sect’s elders decided to ask Lu Yang to improve the Spiritual Qi on only a few secluded peaks, and to offer him their Golden Rainbow Sword Canon as a gesture of sincerity. The next morning, Qi Yunshu and Su Jinxuan arrived to see Lu Yang, interrupting his morning with Jiang Shiqing.

• Lin Xuanchen warned Qi Yunshu, Han Qianshan, and Su Jinxuan that raising Spiritual Qi across the whole sect could attract a Spirit Transformation Realm expert and endanger the sect.
• Lin Xuanchen proposed limiting the increase to a few peaks and hiding them behind formations, while Qi Yunshu and Han Qianshan suggested restricting access to trusted elders and oath-bound core disciples.
• Qi Yunshu suggested giving Lu Yang the Golden Rainbow Sword Canon, and the elders agreed that Su Jinxuan should accompany him to explain the method.
• At dawn, Lu Yang finished cultivating while Jiang Shiqing slept beside him, then greeted her when she woke.
• Jiang Shiqing began dressing to prepare breakfast, but Qi Yunshu called from outside Lu Yang’s cave abode and requested an audience.

Lu Yang welcomed Golden Rainbow Sword Sect Master Qi Yunshu and Grand Elder Su Jinxuan, who came to investigate the mountain’s unusually dense Spiritual Qi. Su Jinxuan offered to personally teach Lu Yang the Golden Rainbow Sword Canon, leaving him eager to learn from her and win her affection.

• Jiang Shiqing worried that Qi Yunshu’s visit might bring trouble, but Lu Yang reassured her and prepared to welcome the sect master.
• Lu Yang decided he would use his Puppet Upgrade Card on Wang Liu, a Peak Golden Core puppet.
• Qi Yunshu arrived with Su Jinxuan, whom Lu Yang’s system identified as an 11-point beauty, and Lu Yang greeted them.
• Qi Yunshu recalled their previous Dao discussion and avoided Lu Yang’s invitation to discuss the Dao again.
• Qi Yunshu and Su Jinxuan explained that they had come after Mo Xianyun reported the mountain’s extraordinary Spiritual Qi concentration.
• Su Jinxuan offered to personally teach Lu Yang the Golden Rainbow Sword Canon, and Lu Yang welcomed the chance to learn from her.

Lu Yang exchanged transmission imprints with Su Jinxuan and invited her to live on his mountain while she taught him the Golden Rainbow Sword Canon. After Su Jinxuan left with Jiang Shiqing to choose a cave abode, Lu Yang eagerly opened his panel to check the reward for adding her as a friend.

• Qi Yunshu gave Lu Yang the Golden Rainbow Sword Canon and left without asking him to increase the mountain's Spiritual Qi.
• Lu Yang exchanged transmission imprints with Su Jinxuan and realized he needed higher-grade transmission jade tablets to contact people beyond Qin Province.
• Su Jinxuan presented Lu Yang with the Golden Rainbow Sword Canon, and he invited her to choose a cave abode on his mountain.
• Jiang Shiqing led Su Jinxuan to find a cave abode near Lu Yang's, while privately assuming he had taken a fancy to her.
• Lu Yang opened his panel to see the reward for adding Su Jinxuan as a friend.

After adding Su Jinxuan as a contact, Lu Yang received a fortune of spirit stones and the spirit-grade Golden Radiance Sword Bone, which greatly improved his mastery of metal and sword arts. He rapidly learned the Golden Rainbow Sword Canon, then assigned Li Ao to seek a formation master and upgraded Wang Liu to Peak Nascent Soul.

• Lu Yang received 1 million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and the Golden Radiance Sword Bone for adding Su Jinxuan as a contact, then claimed the trait as golden Dao patterns formed across his bones.
• Lu Yang read the Golden Rainbow Sword Canon and reached level 1 with 1,200 experience after studying it once.
• Jiang Shiqing told Lu Yang that Elder Su had settled in a cave abode beside the mountain's spiritual spring.
• Lu Yang sent Li Ao a voice transmission asking him to find powerful Formation Dao grandmasters who could craft high-rank formation plates.
• Lu Yang used a Puppet Upgrade Card to raise Wang Liu to Peak Nascent Soul while Lin Ying watched, though she could not discern the change.

After Lin Ying refined a Supreme-Grade Hundred Herbs Pill, Lu Yang gained experience and asked Su Jinxuan to explain the Golden Rainbow Sword Canon. His half-day progress shook Su Jinxuan’s Dao heart, but their discussion ultimately deepened both of their understanding of the Cultivation Method.

• Lin Ying completed a random mission by refining a Supreme-Grade Hundred Herbs Pill, earning Lu Yang experience and Spirit Stones.
• Lu Yang shared a warm moment with Jiang Shiqing over lunch, encouraging her to cultivate diligently and stay by his side.
• Su Jinxuan came to Lu Yang after he said he had gained a rough understanding of the Golden Rainbow Sword Canon.
• Lu Yang revealed that he had reached the introductory level in half a day, leaving Su Jinxuan stunned and briefly shaking her Dao heart.
• Su Jinxuan explained Lu Yang’s questions, and their discussion rapidly improved his comprehension while helping her resolve several bottlenecks.

After two days of discussing the Dao with Su Jinxuan, Lu Yang gained major insights into his Cultivation Method, while Su Jinxuan’s affection for him rose sharply. He then shared Supreme-Grade Hundred Herbs Pills with Jiang Shiqing and headed to visit Lin Ying, whose new task required refining a second-tier pill.

• Lu Yang and Su Jinxuan ended their discussion after two days, with Lu Yang converting his insights into Cultivation Method progress and Su Jinxuan gaining a deeper understanding of the Golden Rainbow Sword Canon.
• Su Jinxuan left Lu Yang’s cave abode, and Jiang Shiqing told him that Lin Ying had brought two bottles of Supreme-Grade Hundred Herbs Pills.
• Lu Yang gave Jiang Shiqing one bottle, then spent two hours with her before leaving her to rest.
• Lu Yang checked his progress and found that discussing the Dao had raised Su Jinxuan’s affection to 48 points, so he chose to save his experience points for the Record of Same-Heart Creation.
• Lu Yang checked Lin Ying’s new random task and saw that she needed to refine any second-tier pill, then continued toward her cave abode.

Lu Yang visited Lin Ying, learned that Qin Nanyue was preparing to break through to Foundation Establishment, and urged Lin Ying to seek a better Wood Dao Cultivation Method. After twenty days of cultivation and other gains, Lu Yang broke through to Late Qi Refining and was left nearing the system threshold to upgrade his Spirit Root.

• Lu Yang visited Lin Ying while Qin Nanyue and Lin Ying cultivated, and Lin Ying explained that Qin Nanyue had entered seclusion to attempt Foundation Establishment.
• Lin Ying told Lu Yang that Qin Nanyue planned to spar with him after her breakthrough, and Lu Yang welcomed the challenge.
• Lu Yang advised Lin Ying to ask Elder Su for an earth-grade Wood Dao Cultivation Method, then shared an intimate moment with her.
• Over the next twenty days, Jiang Shiqing and Wang Shiyi planted spirit herbs, while Su Jinxuan repeatedly visited Lu Yang to discuss the Dao.
• Lu Yang absorbed Spiritual Qi in his cultivation room and broke through from Mid-stage Qi Refining to Late Qi Refining.
• Lu Yang saw that his Spirit Root experience had reached 8,350, leaving him a little over sixteen hundred points from the upgrade threshold.