Chapter Summaries

Lu Yang broke through to Late Qi Refining while his companions remained stalled on their tasks, and Su Jinxuan promised to connect him with a Formation Dao grandmaster. He learned that Qin Nanyue had reached Foundation Establishment and agreed to spar with her that day, confident he could meet her challenge.

• Lin Ying’s low-grade Origin-Nurturing Pill earned 800 Universal Experience, while her new high-grade pill task and Jiang Shiqing’s cultivation task remained stalled.
• Lu Yang’s Golden Rainbow Sword Canon reached level 4 after discussions of the Dao with Su Jinxuan, who also offered to ask her friend at the Mystic Mystery Palace to help him set up a formation.
• Lu Yang left seclusion after breaking through to Late Qi Refining and found Jiang Shiqing studying the annotated True Explanation of the Azure Waves.
• Jiang Shiqing told Lu Yang that Qin Nanyue had reached Foundation Establishment and wanted to spar with him.
• Lu Yang agreed to spar with Qin Nanyue that day, and Jiang Shiqing relayed Lin Ying’s suggestion that he should win Qin Nanyue over.

Lu Yang went to spar with Qin Nanyue, who hoped to use her new Foundation Establishment advantage to beat him. His casual sword attack shattered her protective Law Artifact, and she hurriedly asked to rest before he could strike again.

• Lu Yang and Jiang Shiqing visited Lin Ying's cave abode and found Qin Nanyue practicing sword techniques nearby.
• Qin Nanyue eagerly agreed to spar with Lu Yang, confident that her Foundation Establishment cultivation gave her an advantage.
• Lu Yang's first casual sword attack shattered Qin Nanyue's Supreme-Grade Law Artifact shield and left her shaken.
• Qin Nanyue asked to rest and claimed she wanted to face Lu Yang in her best condition.
• Lu Yang agreed that they should both give it their all, leaving Qin Nanyue horrified.

Lu Yang demonstrated his level 4 Golden Palace Sword Gang to Qin Nanyue, inviting her to test it with her strongest attack. Her sword technique failed to disturb his barrier, leaving her demoralized while Lu Yang tried to reassure her by making it ripple slightly.

• After Lu Yang admitted he had used less than a tenth of his strength, Qin Nanyue proposed taking turns attacking and defending.
• Lu Yang formed a level 4 Golden Palace Sword Gang barrier and let Qin Nanyue attack first.
• Qin Nanyue unleashed her Flying Star Facing the Origin Sword, but its dozens of Sword Qi strikes left the barrier untouched.
• Qin Nanyue gathered her remaining Sword Qi into a massive sword and struck the barrier with her full strength, but the attack shattered without making it tremble.
• Seeing Qin Nanyue's reddened eyes, Lu Yang made the barrier ripple slightly and pointed out that it had reacted.

After Lu Yang defeated Qin Nanyue in their spar, she kissed him and fled in embarrassment. Su Jinxuan arrived, asked Lu Yang to spar so she could test his strength, and the two left with Wang Da while Jiang Shiqing went to tell Lin Ying what had happened.

• Qin Nanyue admitted defeat after Lu Yang's sparring overwhelmed her, and Lu Yang apologized when she began to cry.
• Qin Nanyue kissed Lu Yang, then hurried away to cultivate in embarrassment.
• Jiang Shiqing saw the kiss and looked forward to telling Lin Ying about it.
• Su Jinxuan arrived after hearing the commotion and invited Lu Yang to spar with her.
• Lu Yang accepted, and he and Su Jinxuan flew away with Wang Da to find a place to spar.
• Jiang Shiqing headed to Lin Ying's cave abode to tell her that Lu Yang had been kissed.

Qin Nanyue panicked over kissing Lu Yang and worried about facing Yingying, while Lu Yang began a spar with Su Jinxuan in a mountain valley. Su Jinxuan attacked at startling speed, and the chapter ended with the valley devastated by their first clash.

• Qin Nanyue retreated to her room and agonized over having kissed Lu Yang, who was Yingying's man.
• When Jiang Shiqing asked whether Yingying was refining pills, Qin Nanyue rushed out to warn her not to disturb Yingying.
• Lu Yang and Su Jinxuan flew to a secluded valley, where Su Jinxuan agreed to suppress her cultivation to the Foundation Establishment Realm for their spar.
• Lu Yang summoned his Golden Palace Sword Gang and prepared the Sunfall Golden Rainbow Sword, while Su Jinxuan formed golden wings and a spiritual-qi sword.
• Su Jinxuan moved behind Lu Yang at astonishing speed and struck his Golden Palace Sword Gang, unleashing a blast that tore up the valley.

Lu Yang and Su Jinxuan escalated their duel, and Su Jinxuan was shocked when Lu Yang’s Golden Palace Sword Gang withstood her perfected techniques despite his lower cultivation. After she raised her cultivation to Foundation Establishment Late Stage and cracked his shield, Lu Yang adapted her close-combat style and unleashed a powerful sword strike, but she dodged it with her speed.

• Wang Da watched as Lu Yang and Su Jinxuan’s clash devastated the valley, while Lu Yang remained protected by his Golden Palace Sword Gang.
• Su Jinxuan appeared hundreds of meters away with cracked Sword Gang and was stunned that Lu Yang had matched and nearly overwhelmed her perfected techniques.
• Lu Yang praised Su Jinxuan’s fighting style, and she raised her cultivation from Early-stage Foundation Establishment to Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
• Su Jinxuan struck Lu Yang’s shield with increased force, cracking it, but Lu Yang used Golden Plume Chases the Moon to dodge and attack her from behind with the Obsidian Sword.
• Su Jinxuan evaded Lu Yang’s sword with an afterimage, and his missed strike sliced through the upper third of a nearby mountain.

Lu Yang and Su Jinxuan fought fiercely across a valley until Lu Yang, drained of Spiritual Qi, called the battle to an end. He received a system reward and left Su Jinxuan convinced that his extraordinary strength came from a higher plane.

• Su Jinxuan pressed Lu Yang with rapid sword attacks, but he used his Gold-Thread Robe, Law Artifacts, and Obsidian Sword to withstand her blows.
• Lu Yang and Su Jinxuan battled at high speed for two quarters of an hour, devastating the valley before Lu Yang stopped because his Spiritual Qi was nearly exhausted.
• Lu Yang enjoyed the hard-fought battle and received a hundred jin of low-grade Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves and a Low-Level Cultivation Method Synthesis Card from the system.
• Su Jinxuan praised Lu Yang's combat strength and concluded that he was likely from the Spirit Realm, the Immortal Realm, or another higher plane.

After Lu Yang and Su Jinxuan finished their spar, she asked him to increase the Spiritual Qi concentration near his mountain for the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect, and he agreed on the condition that the sect provide Spirit Stones. As Su Jinxuan returned to consult the sect leaders, Lu Yang discovered that her favorability had risen to 70 and considered the possibility of making her his dao companion.

• Su Jinxuan praised Lu Yang’s strength and thanked him for mastering the Golden Rainbow Sword Canon under her guidance.
• Su Jinxuan asked Lu Yang to raise the Spiritual Qi concentration around his mountain for the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect, and he agreed as long as the sect covered the Spirit Stone cost.
• Su Jinxuan proposed making the enhanced area a forbidden zone to protect the sect and Lu Yang’s peace, and Lu Yang accepted.
• Su Jinxuan left to discuss the plan with the sect master and other leaders while Wang Da carried Lu Yang back to the mountain.
• Lu Yang checked his panel and saw that Su Jinxuan’s favorability had risen from 58 to 70, qualifying him for another reward.

Lu Yang examined the rewards from his recent battles and Su Jinxuan's affection reaching 60, including a supreme-grade Spirit Treasure. He unlocked the Search Module and planned to give the treasure to Su Jinxuan, hoping to raise her affection further.

• Lu Yang returned to his cave abode and found Jiang Shiqing was still away.
• Lu Yang received Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves and a Cultivation Method Synthesis Card, then stored them in his system inventory.
• Lu Yang sent Li Ao a voice transmission asking him to look for powerful Metal Dao and Sword Dao Cultivation Methods, but the transmission failed because Li Ao had left Qin Province.
• Lu Yang opened Su Jinxuan's affection reward chest and received a Low-Level Rebate Card, 100,000 Cultivation Method Experience, a Geng Metal Sword Essence Pearl, 5,000 Universal Experience, and the Search Module.
• Lu Yang learned that the Geng Metal Sword Essence Pearl was a supreme-grade Spirit Treasure and considered giving it to Su Jinxuan to increase her affection.

Lu Yang upgraded his Spirit Root to supreme-grade with Universal Experience and unlocked a Search Module that revealed locations and information for a price. He tested its limits and began considering how its maps could help him find valuable resources and Cultivation Methods.

• Lu Yang spent 10,000 Universal Experience to raise his Spirit Root to supreme-grade, greatly increasing his affinity for Spiritual Qi.
• Lu Yang used his remaining Universal Experience on his Spirit Root and found the next upgrade would cost 100,000 points.
• Lu Yang opened the Search Module and paid 3,000 low-grade Spirit Stones to map every Origin-Nurturing Fruit within 500 kilometers.
• Lu Yang tested searches for opportunities and people, discovering that detailed information about Li Ao cost five million low-grade Spirit Stones.
• Lu Yang learned that Lin Ying and he could not be explored, while Qin Nanyue and his younger sister Lu Hongdou could.
• Lu Yang considered using the module to locate powerful Cultivation Methods and voice transmission jade tokens, but learned it could only search the Canglan Realm and lower-level planes.

Su Jinxuan told the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect leaders that Lu Yang had agreed to raise the Spiritual Qi concentration in exchange for spirit stones, and they settled on a limited, guarded area around his peak. When the four leaders visited Lu Yang, Lin Xuanchen sensed Wang Da’s immense strength and realized that the house servant could rival an early Spirit Transformation expert.

• Su Jinxuan told Qi Yunshu, Han Qianshan, and Lin Xuanchen that Lu Yang would increase the Spiritual Qi concentration for spirit stones, with the area centered on his peak.
• Lin Xuanchen proposed giving each Nascent Soul cultivator a separate enhanced peak and requiring other visitors to take a Great Heavenly Dao Oath; the others agreed.
• The four leaders decided to visit Lu Yang together to thank him, while Lu Yang planned his remaining sect tasks and a trip to Jing Province to obtain voice transmission jade tokens.
• Wang Da appeared at Lu Yang’s cave abode to receive the visitors, and Lin Xuanchen sensed that Wang Da’s foundation far exceeded his own.
• Lin Xuanchen told Qi Yunshu, Su Jinxuan, and Han Qianshan that Wang Da might exchange blows with an early Spirit Transformation expert, leaving them shocked that such a powerful cultivator served as Lu Yang’s house servant.

Lu Yang agreed to expand the Spiritual Qi concentration area across six peaks and the surrounding land for 2,000 low-grade spirit stones a day. The Golden Rainbow Sword Sect elders were astonished by the low price, and Lu Yang told them he would cover the other costs for Su Jinxuan’s sake.

• Wang Da escorted Su Jinxuan, Han Qianshan, and Lin Xuanchen into Lu Yang’s cave abode, leaving the visitors wary of his strength.
• Lin Xuanchen asked whether the sect could expand the forbidden area later, and Lu Yang agreed to future expansion.
• Lin Xuanchen proposed covering six peaks with Lu Yang’s peak at the center, and Lu Yang accepted the plan.
• Lu Yang checked the regulator and calculated that the expanded area would cost 2,000 low-grade spirit stones per day.
• The four elders were shocked by the price and worried Lu Yang was undercharging them, so Lu Yang said he would provide the other necessities for Su Jinxuan’s sake.

Lu Yang accepted three hundred million Low-Grade Spirit Stones from the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect to expand the Spiritual Qi concentration around its peaks. After activating the regulator and using a Rebate Card, he upgraded Tycoon's Confidence to level 10 and gained a new defensive skill.

• Su Jinxuan wondered whether Lu Yang's repeated claims that he acted for her sake meant she held a place in his heart, while the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect elders hoped their connection would benefit the sect.
• Qi Yunshu gave Lu Yang three hundred million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and Lu Yang said the regulator would take until the next day to affect the surrounding peaks.
• Lu Yang charged the Spiritual Qi Concentration Regulator, selected the area around six peaks, and started spreading the spiritual mist; the charge could sustain the effect for more than four hundred years.
• Lu Yang used a Rebate Card on the expenditure and received 1.5 billion Low-Grade Spirit Stones, bringing his total to over two billion.
• Lu Yang upgraded Tycoon's Confidence to level 10, which improved system rewards and granted him Heft of Money, a skill that consumed Spirit Stones to block fatal attacks.

Lu Yang’s Spiritual Qi Concentration Regulator spread dense Spiritual Qi across six peaks, prompting the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect’s elders to plan the forbidden zone’s defenses and thank him. As Su Jinxuan prepared to fetch a formation grandmaster, Lu Yang gave her a Beauty-Preserving Pill.

• Jiang Shiqing greeted Lu Yang after he left his bedroom and told him she had spent the previous night chatting with Qin Nanyue.
• Lin Xuanchen divided the forbidden zone into an outer smokescreen and a hidden core area while Su Jinxuan, Qi Yunshu, and Han Qianshan waited for the Spiritual Qi to change.
• Lu Yang’s spirit mist spread across six peaks, filling them with dense Spiritual Qi and thrilling the four Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Lin Xuanchen and the others flew to meet Lu Yang, and Su Jinxuan agreed to visit Mystic Mystery Palace to invite a formation grandmaster.
• Lu Yang welcomed Su Jinxuan’s offer to arrange formations and gave her a Beauty-Preserving Pill.

Lu Yang gave Su Jinxuan a Beauty-Preserving Pill and offered her precious Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves, prompting her to question his intentions and struggle with accepting such a great favor. She eventually accepted the tea leaves as a loan, while Lin Xuanchen and the others left wishing they were beautiful women too.

• Su Jinxuan accepted Lu Yang's Beauty-Preserving Pill, and Lin Xuanchen, Han Qianshan, and Qi Yunshu suspected Lu Yang had taken a romantic interest in her.
• Lu Yang offered Su Jinxuan a box of Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves to help her perfect the Golden Rainbow Sword Canon, astonishing everyone present.
• Su Jinxuan refused the tea leaves, troubled by the size of the favor and suspecting the crack in her Dao heart was affecting her judgment.
• Lu Yang said she could treat the tea leaves as a loan and repay him with a favor, so Su Jinxuan accepted the box.
• Lin Xuanchen and the others hoped Lu Yang would give them tea leaves too, but he asked whether they had anything else to discuss, and they departed.

Lu Yang visited Lin Ying and Qin Nanyue with Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves, giving Lin Ying a portion to aid her cultivation and bringing gifts for Qin Nanyue as well. Qin Nanyue stayed hidden in her room after their unexpected kiss, leaving Lu Yang and Lin Ying outside her door.

• Su Jinxuan refused Han Qianshan and Qi Yunshu's requests for Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves and set off for the Mystic Mystery Palace.
• Lu Yang met Lin Ying outside her cave abode and gave her Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves to help her comprehend the Azure Wood Longevity Art.
• Lin Ying teased Lu Yang about Qin Nanyue's embarrassment after he had supposedly bullied her.
• Lu Yang and Lin Ying went to Qin Nanyue's room, where a sudden commotion fell silent after Lin Ying called to her.
• Lu Yang offered Qin Nanyue Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves and a thousand-year-old Sword Intent Grass, but she remained hidden inside.

Qin Nanyue confessed to Lin Ying that she had kissed Lu Yang and fallen in love with him, fearing she had betrayed her best friend. Lin Ying reassured her that she welcomed the relationship, and Qin Nanyue accepted Lu Yang’s gifts as their shared sweetheart before pressing Lin Ying to explain how she could help.

• Qin Nanyue hid in her room, panicking over Lu Yang giving her precious Dao Comprehension Tea Leaves and Sword Intent Grass in front of Lin Ying.
• Qin Nanyue told Lu Yang to leave the gifts with Lin Ying, and Lin Ying agreed to speak with her after Lu Yang left.
• After Lu Yang and Lin Ying spent time together, Lin Ying visited Qin Nanyue, who hugged her and confessed that she had kissed Lu Yang and fallen in love with him.
• Lin Ying told Qin Nanyue she had already asked her for help and was happy that she loved Lu Yang, leaving Qin Nanyue shocked and relieved.
• Lin Ying gave Qin Nanyue Lu Yang’s gifts, and Qin Nanyue called him the sweetheart of both of them before asking Lin Ying how she could help.
• Lin Ying avoided explaining and hurried away, while Qin Nanyue followed her down the corridor.

Lu Yang guided Jiang Shiqing to the entry level of the True Explanation of the Azure Waves, completing her random task and earning generous rewards that improved both of their cultivation prospects. He planned to help Lin Ying next and expected to approach the Foundation Establishment bottleneck soon.

• Lu Yang helped Jiang Shiqing comprehend the True Explanation of the Azure Waves until she reached its entry level.
• Lu Yang claimed the task rewards, gaining experience and Spirit Stones while Jiang Shiqing received improved Intelligence, Constitution, and the Fortune Trait Entering the Dao through Water Sounds.
• Jiang Shiqing noticed her mind had become clearer and water sounds inspired her, and Lu Yang confirmed that he had improved her aptitude.
• Lu Yang added the Universal Experience to his Spirit Root and checked Jiang Shiqing's next task, which required her to reach entry level in four earth-tier Law Techniques.
• Lu Yang planned to visit Lin Ying to help her comprehend the Azure Wood Longevity Art and estimated that his own Foundation Establishment bottleneck was only days away.

Lin Xuanchen, Qi Yunshu, and Han Qianshan completed a formation around the Golden Rainbow Sword Sect’s spiritual-mist peaks and began choosing peaks and cultivators to benefit from them. Qi Yunshu worried that Lu Yang’s interest in Mu Yunxue could derail his plan for her to marry the Qi family’s qilin son, Qi Fang.

• Lin Xuanchen and the other elders finished setting up the Reverse-Chaos Sword Gang Bewilderment Formation to protect the peaks.
• Lin Xuanchen reserved the peak closest to Lu Yang for Su Jinxuan, and the three elders chose peaks of their own.
• Han Qianshan asked which elders and disciples would cultivate on the peaks, and Qi Yunshu said he would bring the Qi family’s qilin son and his disciples.
• Qi Yunshu remembered that Mu Yunxue had exchanged voice transmission marks with Lu Yang, despite his efforts to bring her and Qi Fang together.
• Lin Xuanchen and Han Qianshan teased Qi Yunshu about Qi Fang’s feelings for Mu Yunxue, leaving Qi Yunshu to fear that Lu Yang would become Qi Fang’s love tribulation.

Qi Yunshu, Han Qianshan, and Lin Xuanchen sought Lu Yang’s favor by offering to take disciples onto their peaks, and Lu Yang arranged for Wang Siyuan and several Qin Household disciples to cultivate under Lin Xuanchen. The next morning, Wang Siyuan made progress with the resources Lu Yang had given him and anticipated reaching late Qi Refining within a few years.

• Qi Yunshu accepted the possibility of Lu Yang courting Yunxue and argued with Han Qianshan about the value of good fortune.
• Lin Xuanchen proposed asking Lu Yang to recommend disciples for his mostly empty peak, and the three elders went to visit him.
• Lu Yang agreed to send Wang Siyuan and several Qin Household disciples to Lin Xuanchen’s peak, then informed Qin Nanyue by voice transmission.
• Wang Siyuan finished his morning cultivation and rejoiced at his faster progress after receiving spirit stones and plentiful supplies from Lu Yang.