Chapter Summaries

Chen Ze visited the Full Moon Crystal Silver Snake in Heguan Mountain Range and asked for its help, promising it a fortunate opportunity. After Chen Fan reported that Zhou Quan had successfully reached the Foundation Establishment Realm, Chen Fan led Zhou Quan and Yu Xingsi toward the central region to test Zhou Quan’s new strength.

• Chen Ze traveled to the Full Moon Crystal Silver Snake’s Cave Mansion and summoned it by releasing Number 66’s aura.
• The Full Moon Crystal Silver Snake offered to gather spirit herbs, but Chen Ze stopped it and asked for its help with another matter in exchange for a reward.
• Chen Ze explained his request inside the Cave Mansion, then waited for Chen Fan’s report while asking the Full Moon Crystal Silver Snake about monster beast cultivation.
• Chen Fan told Chen Ze that Zhou Quan’s breakthrough had gone smoothly, and Chen Ze gave Chen Fan further instructions.
• Chen Fan congratulated Zhou Quan on reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm and insisted that they enter the central region to test his strength.
• Chen Fan accused Yu Xingsi of slacking in his cultivation, then led the group out for actual combat.

Chen Fan led Zhou Quan and Yu Xingsi deep into the Heguan Mountain Range to find a Second-Order Monster Beast, unaware that Chen Ze had arranged for them to meet Little Silver and test the Three Cleansing Spirit Pill. The chapter ended as Little Silver attacked and Yu Xingsi realized it was a Third-Order Monster Beast.

• Chen Fan ignored Yu Xingsi's warnings and continued searching with Zhou Quan and Yu Xingsi, while Chen Ze secretly watched and arranged their encounter with Little Silver.
• Chen Ze exchanged for a third Three Cleansing Spirit Pill so all three cultivators could test whether the medicine still worked on them.
• Chen Fan sensed a monster beast ahead and led his junior brothers to a cave, claiming they would test their strength against it.
• Little Silver burst from the cave and attacked, restraining its strike as Chen Fan blocked it and recognized that his master had arranged the encounter.
• Yu Xingsi identified Little Silver as a Third-Order Monster Beast and urged the others to retreat.

Chen Fan, Yu Xingsi, and Zhou Quan staged a battle with Little Silver, a Third-Order Full Moon Crystal Silver Snake, so the two junior brothers would believe they had driven it away. After Little Silver escaped, Chen Fan led the others into its cave to look for treasures.

• Chen Fan attacked Little Silver while pretending it was weak, and Little Silver acted as though it was struggling to fight him.
• Yu Xingsi and Zhou Quan joined the battle, believing the snake was injured, while Chen Fan urged them to attack with all their strength.
• Little Silver struck the ground with its tail, blasted the three cultivators away, and fled before they could pursue it.
• Chen Fan pretended to be injured and persuaded Yu Xingsi and Zhou Quan not to chase Little Silver.
• Chen Fan entered the snake's cave to search for treasures, and Yu Xingsi and Zhou Quan followed despite finding his behavior strange.

Chen Ze gave Little Silver three Haoyuan Pills to help it break through to the fourth order, then left to check on Chen Fan. He sent Number 66 toward the Anyuan Dynasty with a travel-journal assignment and named him Chen Lao Liu.

• Chen Ze gave Little Silver three fourth-grade Haoyuan Pills and explained that they could help it break through its bottleneck.
• Chen Ze stopped Little Silver from taking the pills immediately and told it to prepare carefully before attempting the breakthrough.
• After Chen Ze left, Little Silver activated the formations in its Cave Mansion and began preparing to reach the fourth order.
• Chen Ze asked Number 66 where he wanted to travel, and Number 66 chose the Anyuan Dynasty to scout opportunities for his master.
• Chen Ze instructed Number 66 to write daily travel journals and place them in the Myriad Things Space, inspiring Chen Ze to have his other Doppelgangers write journals or work reports too.
• Chen Ze named Number 66 Chen Lao Liu, and Chen Lao Liu accepted the name.

Chen Ze’s preparations led Chen Fan, Yu Xingsi, and Zhou Quan to discover a cave full of cultivation resources and three mysterious pills. After fleeing with everything, the trio examined the pills at their hideout, unsure what they were.

• Chen Ze returned his consciousness to his main body and left the rest of his plan in Chen Fan’s hands.
• Chen Fan, Yu Xingsi, and Zhou Quan entered the cave and found resources Chen Ze had planted there, including a Storage Ring containing three Three Cleansing Spirit Pills.
• Chen Fan urged the others to collect everything and leave before the Third-Order Monster Beast returned.
• The three packed up all the supplies and escaped the Heguan Mountain Range on two Flying Swords as the cave collapsed behind them.
• At their hideout, Chen Fan, Yu Xingsi, and Zhou Quan studied the pills, but none of them knew what they were.

Chen Fan persuaded Yu Xingsi and Zhou Quan to take the Three Cleansing Spirit Pills, which he secretly transferred to Chen Ze. After observing their reactions, Chen Ze concluded that the pills had taken effect.

• Chen Fan warned Yu Xingsi and Zhou Quan to keep the pills secret and discussed how to handle them.
• Yu Xingsi proposed that the three of them eat the pills, and Zhou Quan agreed despite not knowing what they did.
• Chen Fan pretended to hesitate before agreeing, then secretly transferred his pill to Chen Ze through the Myriad Things Space.
• Yu Xingsi and Zhou Quan swallowed their pills and felt strange sensations spread through their bodies.
• Chen Ze watched through Chen Fan's eyes and saw Yu Xingsi and Zhou Quan look refreshed, giving him his answer.

Yu Xingsi and Zhou Quan discovered that the Three Cleansing Spirit Pill had raised their spiritual roots to Ultimate Spiritual Roots. Chen Ze took a pill as well and felt its power, while Chen Fan continued concealing that he had not taken one.

• Yu Xingsi and Zhou Quan recalled that the pill’s effect felt like the Profound Sun Clear Spirit Pill that had raised their spiritual roots before.
• Yu Xingsi tested his spiritual root with the Talent Testing Stone and revealed an Ultimate Spiritual Root.
• Chen Ze took the Three Cleansing Spirit Pill and felt a strange power course through his body.
• Yu Xingsi handed the Talent Testing Stone to Zhou Quan, who also tested as an Ultimate Spiritual Root.
• Chen Fan congratulated Zhou Quan, and Yu Xingsi joked that both of them could become Nascent Soul Ancestors.

After the Three Cleansing Spirit Pill raised Chen Fan, Zhou Quan, and Yu Xingsi to Ultimate Spiritual Roots, they celebrated while agreeing to keep their improvement secret. Chen Ze tested his own new Spiritual Root and discovered that his cultivation speed had more than doubled, leaving him eager to advance rapidly.

• Zhou Quan and Yu Xingsi watched anxiously as Chen Fan tested his Spiritual Root, then celebrated when the stone glowed gold and confirmed he had an Ultimate Spiritual Root.
• Chen Fan reminded Zhou Quan and Yu Xingsi to keep their improved Spiritual Roots secret, and the three began celebrating with immortal brew.
• Chen Ze reflected that the Three Cleansing Spirit Pill could improve Spiritual Roots only up to the Ultimate grade, while special Spiritual Roots existed beyond it.
• Chen Ze depleted his spiritual power by casting spells, then cultivated the Xuantian Record and found that his recovery and absorption speeds had more than doubled.
• Chen Ze calculated that he could gain 240 cultivation points in a day and reach the next Golden Core level in under two days.

Hall Master Sun returned to the secret realm after Elder Tian told him to continue the Venerable Lord’s task, while the hidden Venerable Lord remained in seclusion elsewhere. At Chen Ze’s residence, Chen Ze read Chen Lao Liu’s travel journal, found it dull, and decided to give him more time to improve before turning to a book on pill-making.

• Hall Master Sun knelt outside a residence, but Elder Tian told him the Venerable Lord was unavailable and ordered him to return to the barrier and continue his task.
• Elder Tian revealed that the Venerable Lord was not in the building and had spread the story of his presence there to conceal his whereabouts and steady Xuantian Hall.
• Chen Ze relaxed at home after completing his cultivation and asked Zhao Ling'er to perform after a meal.
• The next day, Chen Ze read Chen Lao Liu’s travel journal and judged it to be an unoriginal running account.
• Chen Ze decided to let Chen Lao Liu keep writing for a few more days, then put away the journal and picked up a book on pill-making.

Ye Feiyang returned to the Myriad Things General Store with Qingyun Sect elders, demanding that it hand over Shen Wansan. Chen Ze instructed Zhong Shuai to drive them away by force if necessary, while the elders began confronting Zhong Shuai inside the store.

• Ye Feiyang brought Qingyun Sect elders to the Myriad Things General Store and demanded Shen Wansan in revenge for his father's death.
• Chen Ze told Zhong Shuai to refuse the demand and beat the visitors away if they would not leave.
• Chen Ze considered the threat minor and planned to complete the Hengyang Five Elements Formation that night as his cultivation neared a breakthrough.
• Cultivators gathered outside the store to watch, believing the Myriad Things General Store was a formidable force and wondering why Ye Feiyang had targeted it.
• Zhong Shuai warned the Qingyun Sect elders that Shen Wansan was absent, but Hu Kejiu demanded that the store hand him over and threatened its business.

At the Myriad Things General Store, Hu Kejiu insulted Rogue Cultivators and clashed with Zhong Shuai after Liang Yongchun defended them. Zhong Shuai activated all three layers of the store’s formations, cutting off every trace of what was happening inside as the City Lord and Ye Family leaders arrived outside.

• Hu Kejiu mocked the Myriad Things General Store and called Rogue Cultivators ignorant, prompting Liang Yongchun to defend them.
• Hu Kejiu used his Golden Core Realm pressure against Liang Yongchun, but Zhong Shuai blocked it and faced Hu Kejiu’s aura head-on.
• Zhong Shuai warned the Qingyun Sect elders to stop, but they pressed their auras toward him, so he activated all three layers of formations in the store.
• Cultivators outside lost all sense of the auras inside and guessed the Qingyun Sect cultivators were finished.
• The new City Lord arrived worried about both sides, while Ye Qinggang and two Ye Family elders came to help their people.

Zhong Shuai trapped the Qingyun Sect cultivators inside Myriad Things General Store’s formations after they attacked, then calmly prepared to confront them. Outside, City Lord Xie Yuanwei feared the dispute would ruin his career while Ye Qinggang and the others trusted the store’s defenses; Zhong Shuai ended the chapter by demanding the captives speak their last words.

• Xie Yuanwei and Ye Qinggang’s group arrived outside Myriad Things General Store and exchanged polite greetings.
• Zhong Shuai activated the formations, leaving the Qingyun Sect cultivators unable to move beneath the pressure of a fourth-grade formation.
• Zhong Shuai checked that Liang Yongchun was unharmed and asked him to brew tea.
• Liang Yongchun served tea while Zhong Shuai calmly waited for the Qingyun Sect cultivators to compose themselves.
• Zhong Shuai told the terrified cultivators to speak their last words.

Zhong Shuai confronted the Qingyun Sect cultivators who had come to the Myriad Things General Store and rejected their apologies and promises to leave. He killed Ye Feiyang and the Ye Family disciples with the formation’s Sword Qi, leaving the Ye Family under Ye Qinggang and the others’ control.

• The Qingyun Sect elders regretted challenging Zhong Shuai as the fourth-grade formation pressed down on them.
• Lu Ziping apologized and offered to leave, but Zhong Shuai refused to trust the Qingyun Sect and demanded an answer from Ye Feiyang.
• Ye Feiyang apologized and promised not to trouble the store again, but his remark about every grievance having its culprit angered Zhong Shuai.
• Zhong Shuai unleashed the Sword Qi, killing Ye Feiyang and the Ye Family disciples among the Qingyun Sect cultivators.
• The Ye Family lost its remaining prodigy and was left to Ye Qinggang and the others to control for Chen Ze.

Zhong Shuai allowed Lu Ziping and the Qingyun Sect elders to leave after they compensated Myriad Things General Store for the disruption. They departed without Ye Feiyang and the others’ bodies, while the gathered cultivators speculated about what had happened.

• Zhong Shuai explained that Ye Feiyang had been killed for threatening Shen Wansan and warned Lu Ziping that Myriad Things General Store did not fear conflict with the Qingyun Sect.
• Lu Ziping agreed not to seek trouble over Shen Wansan and asked to leave with the other elders.
• Zhong Shuai demanded compensation for the half-day of business the disturbance had cost, and Lu Ziping and the elders handed over their Storage Rings.
• Zhong Shuai opened the formation and dismissed the Qingyun Sect elders, but its Sword Qi still pinned Ye Feiyang and the others’ bodies.
• Lu Ziping left the bodies behind and led the elders out, and they fled as streaks of light while cultivators outside watched and speculated.

After Zhong Shuai killed Ye Feiyang and the others, he reassured Liang Yongchun that Qingyun Sect was unlikely to seek revenge and reopened Myriad Things General Store. Xie Yuanwei and Ye Qinggang visited, and Chen Ze’s breakthrough to the sixth layer of the Golden Core Realm raised the cultivation of the four people linked to him.

• Zhong Shuai explained to Liang Yongchun why he had let Lu Ziping and the Qingyun Sect elders leave, then ordered him to dispose of the corpses and reopen the store.
• Xie Yuanwei visited Myriad Things General Store to confirm it was unharmed, then quickly departed without buying anything.
• Ye Qinggang and the other two agreed that the Ye Family shops would purchase their stock from Zhong Shuai.
• Chen Ze broke through to the sixth layer of the Golden Core Realm, and the cultivation of Ye Qinggang and the other three rose with his.

After Myriad Things General Store drove off Qingyun Sect’s elders and resolved the Ye Feiyang matter, Chen Ze approved Zhong Shuai’s decision to accept compensation and let the elders go. Chen Ze prepared for possible trouble from Qingyun Sect while planning to visit the Myriad Things Space and expand the store network.

• Ye Qinggang and the others left Myriad Things General Store, and the store’s reputation and crowds grew as cultivators discussed its strength and the Ye Family’s changed conduct.
• Zhong Shuai reported to Chen Ze that Ye Feiyang’s matter was resolved and that he had accepted compensation from Qingyun Sect before releasing its elders.
• Chen Ze approved Zhong Shuai’s actions, said the store should demand compensation from anyone who disrupted its business, and planned to add a Fifth-grade Attack Formation.
• Chen Ze told Zhong Shuai to notify him if Qingyun Sect’s Sect Master Qin Songyun arrived and asked him to watch for Qin using a portrait.
• Chen Ze retrieved goods from the Myriad Things Space and planned to check Shen Wansan’s teaching results and set up formations at the final five Myriad Things General Stores.

Chen Ze counted the Myriad Things Space’s earnings, arranged for Shen Wansan’s store expansion, and fortified his residence and all twenty-six Myriad Things General Stores with formations. The next morning, four doppelgangers sent urgent messages about being captured, invited to study alchemy, finding a treasure, and joining the Dagan Dynasty’s army, leaving Chen Ze puzzled by the sudden burst of news.

• Chen Ze reviewed the account books, recycled the accumulated items, and raised his total to 4.3 million Low-grade Spirit Stones and 5.3 million Points.
• Chen Ze checked Shen Wansan’s progress as outstanding doppelgangers prepared to intern at branch stores and support the expansion across the Dagan Dynasty.
• Chen Ze installed Fifth-grade offensive and defensive formations at his residence, then equipped all twenty-six Myriad Things General Stores with three Fifth-grade Formations each.
• Chen Ze finished his daily cultivation and received four rapid messages from doppelgangers reporting capture for mining, an alchemy elder’s offer, a discovered treasure, and conscription into the Dagan Dynasty’s army.
• Chen Ze sorted out where the messages had come from and wondered why the doppelgangers’ long silence had ended with so many sudden developments.

Chen Ze learned that the Dagan Dynasty was recruiting Golden Core Rogue Cultivators to help break open the secret realm’s Light Screen, while a Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator had seized Number 62 and claimed he would teach him alchemy. Chen Ze ordered Number 62 to cooperate cautiously and stay in contact as he suspected the Doppelganger’s Ultimate Spiritual Root had attracted the cultivator’s attention.

• Lu Zhiwen told Chen Ze that Dagan soldiers were recruiting Golden Core Rogue Cultivators with generous rewards to help at the secret realm’s Light Screen.
• Chen Ze told Lu Zhiwen to avoid exposing himself and report back after reaching the Light Screen.
• Number 62 told Chen Ze that a Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator had seized him, praised his talent, and said he would take him away to study alchemy.
• Chen Ze told Number 62 to hide his valuables in Myriad Things Space, cooperate for now, and contact him if anything went wrong.
• Chen Ze suspected that Number 62’s Ultimate Spiritual Root had attracted the cultivator and considered finding a way to conceal the Doppelgangers’ Spiritual Roots.

Chen Ze discovered that No. 63 was mining Dark Azure Jade in a mine controlled by a powerful force and ordered him to secretly empty the vein. No. 63 accepted the assignment and took command of Chen Ze’s Doppelgangers inside Myriad Things Space.

• Chen Ze inspected No. 63’s vision and recognized the valuable Dark Azure Jade being mined in the Mine Tunnel.
• Chen Ze concluded that a major force controlled the mine, but decided to seize its wealth after learning its people had captured No. 63.
• No. 63 explained that a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator had captured him, and that he had willingly pretended to lose so he could be brought to the mine.
• Chen Ze assigned all one hundred Doppelgangers in Myriad Things Space to No. 63 and ordered them to secretly mine the vein empty.
• Chen Ze told No. 63 to avoid detection and seek ways to capture guards, while No. 63 promised to complete the mission.

Chen Ze investigated the mine found by Doppelganger Number 63 and moved on to examine Number 64’s location on Ye Kai’s map. In the Secluded Valley, they confirmed a Grade Five Spirit Gathering Formation was hiding unusually dense Spiritual Energy, but the treasure itself remained undiscovered.

• Chen Ze decided to have Number 63 investigate the illegal Dark Azure Jade mine and gave him the name Li Hengwen.
• Chen Ze shared Number 64’s vision and confirmed that he had reached the location marked on Ye Kai’s map in the Secluded Valley.
• Number 64 told Chen Ze that the gorge’s Spiritual Energy was unusually dense, so Chen Ze took control of his body to investigate.
• Chen Ze used Heavenly Eye and discovered a Grade Five Spirit Gathering Formation that gathered Spiritual Energy within the gorge.
• Chen Ze concluded that a treasure must be hidden there, though Heavenly Eye had revealed no clue to its location or nature.