Chapter Summaries

Yang Tianyou accepted a purchasing steward position at Purple Moon Pavilion and spent his days off exploring Yellowstone Market. After browsing Rogue Cultivator Street and using his Great White Gold Eyes to avoid dubious wares, he left with several purchases and reflected that cultivation required experience beyond secluded practice.

• Yang Tianjiu offered Yang Tianyou Red Fang Small-Leaf tea, and Yang Tianyou asked him to secure a long-term supply for his body cultivation.
• Yang Tianjiu told Yang Tianyou the Lineage had appointed him purchasing steward at Purple Moon Pavilion, with an annual stipend of eighty Spirit Stones, and Yang Tianyou accepted.
• Yang Tianjiu gave Yang Tianyou three days off before he began work, and Yang Tianyou went to explore Yellowstone Market the next morning.
• Yang Tianyou bought Spring-Curtain Grass from a well-regarded stall owner surnamed Yang, then learned from a local boy that the man was known for fair prices and genuine goods.
• Yang Tianyou examined Rogue Cultivator Street’s wares with his Great White Gold Eyes, avoided several scams, and made a number of purchases.

Yang Tianyou attended a talisman-makers’ Exchange Gathering, where he learned from an accomplished golden-robed cultivator and shared his own expertise. The young man introduced himself as Jinge, and Yang Tianyou welcomed the chance to exchange knowledge with him.

• Yang Tianyou became the Purple Moon Pavilion’s purchasing manager and continued cultivating and practicing talisman making.
• After receiving a message about the Exchange Gathering, Yang Tianyou went to the teahouse and met his acquaintance Li Shiqiong.
• Qi Yusheng opened the gathering and shared insights into wood-attribute talismans before other talisman makers took their turns.
• A golden-robed young man called Jinge impressed the attendees with his profound talisman-making knowledge, particularly about metal-attribute talismans.
• Yang Tianyou presented his own insights, prompting Jinge to seek his acquaintance, and Yang Tianyou introduced himself as a member of the Purple Moon Pavilion.

At a talisman-making gathering, Yang Tianyou traded for Meridian-Stabilizing Pills, an Alchemy Cauldron, and Metal-Attribute Blank Talisman Paper, drawing attention for his spending. He later exchanged his remaining trade goods for Spirit Metal and healing pills, leaving him with nothing he could spare as the trading continued.

• After the talisman makers shared their insights, Qi Yusheng offered three spirit treasures, and Yang Tianyou traded three Qi-Nourishing Pills and fifty Spirit Stones for Meridian-Stabilizing Pills.
• Jinge displayed four treasures, and Yang Tianyou traded three Qi-Nourishing Pills and two hundred Spirit Stones for an Alchemy Cauldron intended for Yang Tianyun, then paid a hundred and fifty Spirit Stones for Metal-Attribute Blank Talisman Paper.
• Yang Tianyou put two Qi-Nourishing Pills and a Golden Shield Talisman up for trade, exchanging them for Metal-Attribute Spirit Metal and two Green Zhi Pills.
• Yang Tianyou returned to his place with no trade goods left to spare, then watched other cultivators acquire treasures he wanted.

Yang Tianyou gifted Yang Tianyun an Alchemy Cauldron and used her Beast Hide to craft superior-grade Talismans. Three years later, after reaching Late Qi Refinement, he reunited with Jinge, his first close friend outside the clan.

• Yang Tianyou presented Yang Tianyun with the Alchemy Cauldron he had traded for, and she gave him Gold-Eating Rat Beast Hide and three hundred Spirit Stones in return.
• Yang Tianyou crafted a Golden Shield Talisman and a Golden Sword Talisman, then ran out of Talisman Paper and Spirit Ink.
• Yang Tianyou cared for Fengling while the wolf grew fatter from Spirit Beast Meat given by people seeking to curry favor with him.
• Three years passed, and Yang Tianyou reached Late Qi Refinement, gaining enough strength to exchange blows with an ordinary Ninth Layer cultivator.
• Jinge visited Yang Tianyou, congratulated him on his breakthrough, and the two sat down to talk.

Jinge invited Yang Tianyou to the Golden Moon Pavilion auction, where rare Body Cultivator resources would be available, and gave him access to an honored guest room. With over four thousand Spirit Stones saved and his cultivation recently advanced, Yang Tianyou attended the auction with Fengling and waited for it to begin.

• Jinge shared Golden Jade Spirit Wine with Yang Tianyou, who praised it and gave Jinge a First-Tier Middle-Grade Talisman in return.
• Jinge told Yang Tianyou that the Golden Moon Pavilion auction would include rare Body Cultivator resources and gave him an invitation to private room number three.
• Yang Tianyou counted his savings and found he had more than four thousand Spirit Stones after years of Talisman Crafting and other income.
• A month later, Yang Tianyou and Fengling arrived at the Golden Moon Pavilion, where Jinge welcomed them with wine and roasted Demon Beast meat.
• Yang Tianyou discussed Talisman Crafting with Jinge and recalled making a powerful Blazing Gold Talisman after stabilizing his cultivation.
• The auction guests filled the seats below, and Yang Tianyou waited with Jinge for the auction to begin.

Yang Tianyou attended the Golden Moon Pavilion Auction and bought a formation to help advance his cultivation. When a Dark Moon Netherwolf Inner Core appeared, he bid on it for Fengling, leaving the outcome undecided.

• Du Wensheng opened the auction, and a Foundation Establishment cultivator bought the Blue Gang Sword for 1,300 Spirit Stones.
• A Fire Attribute Qi Refining cultivator won the Essence Fire Flying Shuttle after fierce bidding.
• Yang Tianyou bought the Three-Origin Spirit Gathering Formation for 1,000 Spirit Stones and examined its Formation Disc.
• Yang Tianyou saw a Dark Moon Netherwolf Inner Core that he thought would help Fengling and bid 100 Spirit Stones.

Yang Tianyou bought Savage Elephant Essence Blood at the auction to strengthen his body, then watched the final lots sell, including a formation won by the Zhao Household. The auction ended with Du Wensheng presenting a Foundation Establishment Pill and opening the bidding.

• Yang Tianyou won the Dark Moon Netherwolf's Inner Core and spent 800 Spirit Stones on spirit items, pills, and medicines.
• Yang Tianyou outbid Lord Yang and bought five bottles of Savage Elephant Essence Blood for 1,400 Spirit Stones.
• The Zhao Household won the Two-Yi True Water Formation for 6,800 Spirit Stones.
• A Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator bought ten jin of Bing Fire Iron Essence for 2,200 Spirit Stones.
• Du Wensheng presented a Foundation Establishment Pill as the auction's final lot and began bidding at 3,000 Spirit Stones.

Yang Tianyou learned why a Foundation Establishment Pill had appeared unexpectedly at the Golden Moon Pavilion auction and watched it sell for eleven thousand Spirit Stones. After receiving an urgent message, he hurried back to the Purple Moon Pavilion, where Yang Tianyun and Yang Tianjiu were hearing a grave report from Li Yunhao.

• Jinge told Yang Tianyou that Mo Chengkong had traded for the Rebirth Flower after losing an arm, and that a Foundation Establishment Pill had replaced it as the auction’s final lot.
• Cultivators drove the Foundation Establishment Pill’s price past nine thousand Spirit Stones, and a red-robed elder in VIP room seven won it for eleven thousand despite having spent much of his money already.
• The red-robed elder prepared to sell Law Artifacts to pay for the pill while his granddaughter worried about the purchase.
• Yang Tianyou received information through a communication talisman, left the Golden Moon Pavilion, and returned to the Purple Moon Pavilion.
• Yang Tianyou found Yang Tianyun and Yang Tianjiu listening gravely to Li Yunhao, a deputy manager from the procurement department.

After hearing that Zhao Household cultivators ambushed Li Yunhao’s team, Yang Tianyou volunteered to investigate the attack at Peak Valley Ridge. Meanwhile, Qian Kang and his accomplices hid nearby, worrying that Li Yunhao’s escape might expose them.

• Li Yunhao told Yang Tianyou, Yang Tianyun, and Yang Tianjiu that Qian Kang’s jade pendant identified the ambushers as Zhao Household cultivators.
• Yang Tianjiu judged Li Yunhao trustworthy, and Yang Tianyun pinpointed the ambush site at Peak Valley Ridge.
• Yang Tianyou insisted on investigating the site, and Yang Tianyun gave him Restoration Pills before he flew there with Fengling on the Twin Blades.
• Near Peak Valley Ridge, a concealed group of three men and one woman worried that the escaped Yang Household cultivator had exposed them.
• Qian Kang dismissed their fears and reminded them that they had accepted their share of the spoils.

Yang Tianyou tracked down Qian Kang and his companions, who had ambushed Li Yunhao and stolen supplies meant for the Yang Household's Purple Moon Pavilion. He launched a sudden attack that killed Qian Kang and two others, while Fengling immobilized and wounded the last cultivator.

• Qian Kang reassured his companions that the Zhao Household would not punish them for killing Yang Household cultivators, and admitted he had targeted them for their supplies.
• Yang Tianyou reached Peak Valley Ridge with Fengling, searched the area, and used a scrap of clothing to follow the attackers' trail to their concealed camp.
• Yang Tianyou saw through Qian Kang's Concealment Array and disguised himself as a potbellied cultivator to approach the group unnoticed.
• Yang Tianyou attacked Qian Kang and the others from above with the Sky-Piercing Blade and two Golden Sword Talismans.
• The Sky-Piercing Blade killed Qian Kang, the golden swords killed two companions, and Fengling immobilized and severely wounded the remaining cultivator.

Yang Tianyou tracked the Zhao Household cultivators to a hidden cave and infiltrated it using an Array-Eroding Talisman. After discovering a palace bearing the name Dragon Valley Sect, he was detected and prepared several defenses and an escape technique against an incoming attack.

• Yang Tianyou interrogated and killed a gravely wounded Zhao Household cultivator, learning enough to track the Zhao cultivators’ location.
• Yang Tianyou followed their traces overnight and found a cave protected by a Second-Tier Middle-Grade formation he identified as the Two-Yi True Water Formation.
• Yang Tianyou used an Array-Eroding Talisman to breach the formation, concealed himself with two Talismans, and put Fengling in the Spirit Beast Bag.
• Yang Tianyou followed the Zhao cultivators’ traces to a scarlet-gold palace marked Dragon Valley Sect.
• A cultivator inside the palace detected Yang Tianyou and sent a Flying Sword toward him, so Yang Tianyou activated four Golden Shield Talismans, a Fire Attribute Escape Technique Talisman, and the Exquisite Tower.

Yang Tianyou survived Zhao Tingshen’s attack and escaped through the array opening, leaving the Zhao Household uncertain who he was and worried that their plans might be exposed. Zhao Leicong directed his family to prepare for outside involvement while Zhao Tingshen and Zhao Yunxiao resumed breaking the palace restriction.

• Yang Tianyou used talismans, the Exquisite Tower, and the Spirit-Shattering Golden Body to withstand Zhao Tingshen’s sword strike and flee through the Array-Eroding Talisman opening.
• Zhao Tingshen entered the array but could not find Yang Tianyou, then told Zhao Yunxiao that the thief had escaped.
• Zhao Tingshen contacted Zhao Leicong through a bronze mirror and described the incident, including the Array-Eroding Talisman traces.
• Zhao Leicong ordered Zhao Tingshen to watch for Three Rivers Sect involvement, alert the Zhao Household’s Lineage disciples at Yellowstone Market, and hurry to break the palace restriction.
• Zhao Tingshen sent a Second-Rank Communication Talisman toward Yellowstone Market, then repaired the array with Zhao Yunxiao and returned to the Dragon Valley Sect palace.

The Zhao Household and Yang Household raced to secure the Dragon Valley Sect’s cave abode after Yang Tianyou discovered it. Yang Tianyou reunited with Yang Dangmo and Wolf Ancestor, who rewarded Fengling with a Legacy Core as they continued toward the Palace.

• Zhao Leicong sent the Gold-Piercing Falcon to support the Zhao Household’s efforts to reach the cave abode.
• Yang Tianyou fled the area, sent a message to his Lineage, and healed his chest wound while waiting for support.
• Yang Haoyu sent Yang Dangmo to assist Yang Tianyou and asked Wolf Ancestor to accompany him.
• After recovering, Yang Tianyou set out for the Palace and met Yang Dangmo and Wolf Ancestor aboard a Flying Boat.
• Wolf Ancestor praised Yang Tianyou and gave Fengling a cyan Legacy Core.

Yang Dangmo brought Yang Tianyou to the Dragon Valley Sect palace, where he confronted Zhao Tingshen and negotiated entry with Zhao Zongkun. Inside, the groups reached a sealed set of doors, but Yang Tianyou could not decipher the powerful restriction protecting them.

• Yang Dangmo attacked the Two-Yi True Water Formation to draw out the Zhao Household, then demanded they open it so the Yang Household could claim a share of the Dragon Valley Sect's inheritance.
• Zhao Zongkun arrived on his Gold-Piercing Falcon, and Yang Dangmo recognized him as a formidable Seventh Layer of Foundation Establishment cultivator.
• After Zhao Zongkun ordered Zhao Tingshen to open the array, Yang Dangmo entered with Yang Tianyou, keeping a defensive talisman ready.
• Yang Dangmo and Yang Tianyou followed the Zhao Household through the palace to scarlet-gold doors where Zhao Household array masters were trying to break a restriction.
• Yang Tianyou used his Great White Gold Eyes to inspect the restriction but determined it was at least a third-tier array beyond his ability to understand.

Yang Tianyou and the Zhao Household opened the Dragon Valley Inner Hall, divided its spirit medicines, and began exploring the buildings. After collecting a strange liquid and unusual vines from a wooden cottage, Yang Tianyou left with Fengling to search the remaining halls.

• Zhao Zongkun and Yang Dangmo helped their households break the Scarlet Gold gate’s formation, which opened after another day and night.
• Yang Dangmo and Zhao Zongkun agreed to split the spirit medicines equally and let each household explore one side of the buildings, except for the Scripture Repository.
• Zhao Yunxiao confronted Yang Tianyou about entering the Two-Yi True Water Formation, and Yang Tianyou denied it while privately planning to kill him later.
• Yang Tianyou and Fengling collected their share of the spirit medicines, then headed to the wooden cottage among the buildings assigned to them.
• Yang Tianyou cut down the animated vines in the cottage courtyard, collected their blood-red liquid, named them Blood-Origin Vines, and stored the vines for possible transplantation.

Yang Tianyou explored the buildings in Dragon Valley Hall and found the remains of a Dragon Valley Sect cultivator along with several stocked supply warehouses. After assessing the goods, he left with more than 46,000 Spirit Stones’ worth of supplies.

• Yang Tianyou entered the main hall, collected a few preserved objects, and found a Foundation Establishment cultivator’s skeleton in the cultivation room.
• Yang Tianyou examined the cultivator’s belongings and concluded that the dead man had been a Dragon Valley Sect survivor who died from severe injuries.
• Yang Tianyou gathered the cultivator’s possessions, and the cultivation room collapsed as he left.
• Yang Tianyou found a warehouse holding 3,600 jin of Flamefire Iron and put away the valuable stock.
• Yang Tianyou discovered that the warehouses’ pills and most talismans had spoiled, while many spirit medicines remained valuable.
• Yang Tianyou inspected the remaining warehouses of Law Artifacts and formation materials, then calculated that the six halls held supplies worth more than 46,000 Spirit Stones.

Yang Tianyou and Yang Dangmo entered the Dragon Valley Sect's Scripture Repository, where Zhou Zhenhao's preserved remains revealed a final message and left behind his Spatial Ring. After Yang Dangmo and Zhao Zongkun divided its resources, the group began sorting the sect's extensive collection of cultivation texts.

• Yang Tianyou joined Yang Dangmo and the Zhao Household cultivators as they opened the Scripture Repository's restrictions.
• Yang Dangmo identified the preserved elder as Zhou Zhenhao, the Dragon Valley Sword Immortal, and everyone bowed to him.
• Zhou Zhenhao's light projection asked future inheritors to help Dragon Valley Sect descendants and preserve the sect's reputation before his remains dissolved.
• Zhao Zongkun took Zhou Zhenhao's Spatial Ring, then split its resources with Yang Dangmo after Yang Dangmo and Wolf Ancestor confronted him.
• Yang Dangmo, Yang Tianyou, and the others carefully sorted the Scripture Repository's texts across its thirteen floors.

Yang Dangmo and Zhao Zong Kun copied the scripture repository’s texts, then agreed to sell Dragon Valley Hall and split the proceeds because neither household could safely keep it. Yang Tianyou proposed sounding out a Qi Refining cultivator he knew at Yellowstone Market, and Yang Dangmo and Zhao Zong Kun agreed to let him try.

• Yang Dangmo and Zhao Zong Kun spent three days copying the scripture repository’s texts, then divided the originals and copies between their households.
• Yang Dangmo and Zhao Zong Kun decided to sell Dragon Valley Hall and divide the resources equally because neither household could claim the treasure without risking conflict.
• Yang Dangmo and Zhao Zong Kun rejected selling Dragon Valley Hall to nearby Golden Core forces or traveling to another commandery without Golden Core protection.
• Yang Tianyou suggested approaching a Qi Refining cultivator he knew at Yellowstone Market, whose force might be powerful and from outside Luochuan Commandery.
• Yang Tianyou promised not to reveal Dragon Valley Hall’s identity before learning the cultivator’s affiliation, and Yang Dangmo and Zhao Zong Kun agreed to let him make contact.

Yang Tianyou and Zhao Yunxiao brought a low-grade third-tier Golden Core Law Treasure to Jinge, hoping to sell it through the Gold and Silver Alliance. Jinge summoned his clan uncle to handle the deal, and the chapter ended as a handsome young man emerged to meet him.

• Yang Tianyou and Zhao Yunxiao flew to Yellowstone Market and visited Jinge at the Golden Moon Pavilion.
• Jinge revealed that he was a direct descendant of the Gold and Silver Alliance's Jin Household and rebuked Zhao Yunxiao for questioning his background.
• Yang Tianyou offered to sell a low-grade third-tier Golden Core Law Treasure to the Gold and Silver Alliance in exchange for cultivation resources.
• Jinge accepted Yang Tianyou's Storage Bag and went to fetch his Golden Core clan uncle, while Yang Tianyou collected one thousand Spirit Stones' worth of spirit medicine from Zhao Yunxiao as his fee.
• Jinge thought about the commission he would earn from the deal and met a handsome young man in an azure robe who teased him about running out of Spirit Stones for wine.

Jin Lianri came to Dragon Valley Hall to appraise and purchase it from the Yang and Zhao Households. After recognizing it as a Grotto-Heaven Law Treasure, he refined it into a palm-sized hall and offered six Foundation Establishment Pills, two hundred thousand Spirit Stones’ worth of value, and spirit items as payment.

• Jinge introduced Yang Tianyou and Zhao Yunxiao’s offer to Jin Lianri, who agreed to inspect the treasure while telling Jinge to remain behind.
• Yang Tianyou and Zhao Yunxiao guided Jin Lianri to Dragon Valley Hall, where he recognized the hall and inferred that the two Households had found the Dragon Valley Sect’s legacy.
• Yang Dangmo and Zhao Zongkun explained that they wanted to sell Dragon Valley Hall, though they had gained little from the legacy.
• Jin Lianri poured Golden Core Law Power into Dragon Valley Hall and shrank it to palm size, refining it into his possession.
• Jin Lianri offered the Yang and Zhao Households six Foundation Establishment Pills, one hundred thousand Spirit Stones, and spirit items worth another hundred thousand Spirit Stones.