Chapter Summaries

Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing passed through the Shang Clan’s inner districts and reached Netherway Shop to examine its Gu worms. Fang Yuan began selling a rare Bone Spear Gu, and the shopkeeper tested it before assessing its value.

• Fang Yuan paid the entrance fees to take Bai Ning Bing through the Fourth and Third Inner Cities.
• Bai Ning Bing marveled at the Third Inner City’s lavish Starstone buildings and elegant surroundings.
• Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing entered Netherway Shop, where a Rank 2 shopkeeper lent them Bookworm Gu to browse the shop’s inventory.
• Fang Yuan returned the Bookworm Gu and offered a Bone Spear Gu for sale.
• The shopkeeper tested the unfamiliar Bone Spear Gu and judged its attack impressive despite its low rank and poor condition.

Fang Yuan tried to sell his bone Gu and unique refinement formula in Shang Clan City, but Shang Zizhu used his influence to block the sale while seeking an advantage in the Young Clan assessment. Meanwhile, Shang Yan Fei confirmed Shang Xin Ci was his daughter and went to meet her, leaving her unsure how to face him.

• Fang Yuan sold Bone Spear Gu, Spiral Bone Spear Gu, and a Bone Thorn Gu to the Nether Passage Shop, then demanded a high price for the White Bone Formula.
• The shopkeeper threatened to prevent Fang Yuan from selling elsewhere, so Fang Yuan left without selling the formula.
• Shang Zizhu learned about Fang Yuan's inheritance and ordered the city's shops to refuse his business unless he sold the formula.
• After three shops turned Fang Yuan away, he explained the Young Masters' assessment to Bai Ning Bing and chose to wait in the city.
• Wei Yang confirmed Shang Xin Ci's identity to Shang Yan Fei, who resolved to make amends for abandoning her.
• Shang Xin Ci learned Shang Yan Fei was her father, and he knocked at her door to speak with her.

Shang Xin Ci adjusted to meeting her father, Shang Yan Fei, while he investigated the people who had helped her reach Discuss Mountain. As Shang Ya Zi tried to pressure Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing into selling an inheritance, Wei Yang arrived to summon them to meet Shang Yan Fei.

• Shang Yan Fei gently spoke with Shang Xin Ci, learned that Black Soil and Bai Ning Bing had helped her, and arranged for Tian Lan to serve her.
• Shang Yan Fei ordered Tian Lan to find out how Shang Xin Ci had reached Discuss Mountain, then sent Wei Yang to investigate Black Soil and Bai Ning Bing.
• Shang Ya Zi learned that Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing had stayed at Nan Qiu Yuan and feared losing his Young Clan Leader position if he failed to obtain their inheritance.
• Shang Ya Zi visited Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing, offered five hundred thousand Primeval Stones, and threatened to expose them to the Tie Clan when Fang Yuan refused.
• Wei Yang arrived and invited Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing to meet Shang Yan Fei in the Second Inner City, shocking Shang Ya Zi.

Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing were summoned to meet Shang Yan Fei, prompting Shang Ya Zi to panic over his attempt to underpay Fang Yuan for a secret recipe. Shang Yan Fei postponed the meeting while investigating them, and Wei Yang entertained them before returning them to Nan Qiu Yuan.

• Shang Ya Zi panicked when Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing were summoned by Shang Yan Fei, then offered six hundred and fifty thousand primeval stones for Fang Yuan's secret recipe.
• Fang Yuan refused to sell the recipe but reassured Shang Ya Zi that they could discuss the price later.
• Wei Yang escorted Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing to Shang Yan Fei's private residence, where they waited for three hours without seeing anyone.
• Shang Yan Fei watched Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing through colored smoke, asked Wei Yang to test and investigate them, and postponed meeting them while awaiting further information.
• Wei Yang told Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing that the meeting was canceled and invited them to a banquet at Food Heaven Tower.
• After the banquet, Wei Yang escorted Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing back to Nan Qiu Yuan.

Wei Yang showed Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing around Shang Clan City and brought them to spar in the Martial Training Area. The chapter left Wei Yang under attack after Fang Yuan knocked him back and Bai Ning Bing launched bone spears at him.

• Wei Yang toured Shang Clan City with Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing, showing them its districts and attractions.
• Wei Yang met Little Xiao in the Martial Training Area and explained how he had earned the Shang Clan’s recruitment by winning fights there.
• Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing agreed to spar with Wei Yang in a stone-slab arena.
• Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing opened the fight by firing Spiral Bone Spears, but Wei Yang’s light armor withstood their attacks.
• Wei Yang charged Fang Yuan with Blade Light Gu, while Fang Yuan used Jumping Grass, Heavenly Peng Gu, and Flying Bone Shield to counterattack.
• Fang Yuan struck Wei Yang’s abdomen and sent him flying, and Bai Ning Bing followed with a barrage of Spiral Bone Spears.

Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing fought Wei Yang in the Training Arena, but Wei Yang’s Light Rainbow Gu let him overwhelm them until they conceded. Afterward, Fang Yuan befriended Wei Yang and Xiao Yan over a meal and revealed his real name, Gu Yue Fang Zheng, leaving Wei Yang with important information for the Shang clan leader.

• Wei Yang evaded Bai Ning Bing’s spiral bone spear with the Light Rainbow Gu and explained its strengths and flaws.
• Wei Yang used his speed and light blades to keep Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing on the defensive, then revealed that his Light Source Gu reduced the Light Rainbow Gu’s primeval essence consumption.
• Fang Yuan conceded the match, and Bai Ning Bing vowed to challenge Wei Yang again after obtaining suitable Gu worms.
• Fang Yuan invited Wei Yang and Xiao Yan to drink, then let Xiao Yan treat them at a new restaurant.
• Over the meal, Fang Yuan said his real name was Gu Yue Fang Zheng and identified Bai Ning Bing, while Wei Yang recognized the information’s importance.

Shang Yan Fei learned about Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing’s abilities and ordered Wei Yang to continue probing whether they could be recruited by the Shang Clan. Meanwhile, Fang Yuan pushed Shang Ya Zi to pay more for an inheritance, leaving him with a proposal to disguise the extra payment as a personal gift.

• Shang Yan Fei connected Gu Yue Fang Zheng to the destruction of Qing Mao Mountain and heard Wei Yang praise Fang Zheng and Bai Ning Bing’s combat talent.
• Shang Yan Fei told Wei Yang to keep entertaining the pair, learn their feelings about the Shang Clan, and see whether they could be recruited.
• Shang Ya Zi confronted Fang Yuan over raising the inheritance price from six hundred and fifty thousand to eight hundred thousand Primeval Stones.
• Fang Yuan argued that the inheritance was Shang Ya Zi’s last hope of keeping his Young Clan Leader position, so its value justified the higher price.
• Shang Ya Zi rejected falsifying the accounts, and Fang Yuan proposed recording the excess Primeval Stones as a separate gift.

Fang Yuan forced Shang Ya Zi to pay nine hundred thousand primeval stones for the White Bone Formula and related Gu, leaving Shang Ya Zi bitter but satisfied that he had secured his position. After the Shang Lineage’s investigation ended, Wei Yang invited Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing to Shang Yan Fei’s family banquet.

• Shang Ya Zi agreed to Fang Yuan’s deal, then protested when Fang Yuan raised the price to nine hundred and fifty thousand before settling on nine hundred thousand.
• Fang Yuan and Shang Ya Zi swore the agreement with Poison Oath Gu, and Shang Ya Zi handed over an Elder Gu containing eight hundred and seventy thousand primeval stones.
• Shang Ya Zi gathered the remaining thirty thousand primeval stones within three days, and Fang Yuan gave him the agreed formulas and several Bone Gu.
• Fang Yuan’s assets rose to nine hundred and forty-five thousand primeval stones, while Shang Ya Zi’s resentment toward him deepened.
• Wei Yang invited Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing to a family banquet arranged by Shang Yan Fei after the Shang Lineage’s investigation ended.

Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing attended Shang Yan Fei’s family banquet as honored guests, drawing the curiosity of his children. Shang Yan Fei thanked them for protecting Xin Ci, shocking the gathered Young Clan Leaders.

• Wei Yang brought Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing to the family banquet, where Shang Qiu Niu, Shang Chao Feng, and Shang Pu Lao questioned their presence.
• More of Shang Yan Fei’s children arrived, and Wei Yang introduced the Young Clan Leaders to the guests.
• Shang Yan Fei appeared, served the banquet dishes with his Brocade Food Box Gu, and ordered his children to toast Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing.
• The Young Clan Leaders offered toasts and invitations, while Fang Yuan recognized their abilities and recalled their future paths.
• Shang Chi Wen arrived late, and Shang Yan Fei thanked Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing for protecting Xin Ci, startling everyone.

Shang Yan Fei revealed that Shang Xin Ci was his daughter and welcomed her into the Shang Clan, while Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing received his gratitude for protecting her. The chapter left Shang Yan Fei proposing a reward that Shang Xin Ci recognized as exactly what Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing needed.

• Shang Yan Fei announced that Shang Xin Ci was his daughter, and she entered the courtyard to reunite with Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing.
• Bai Ning Bing realized Fang Yuan had known Shang Xin Ci's identity and wondered how much of their journey he had planned.
• Fang Yuan revealed that his real name was Gu Yue Fang Zheng and introduced Bai Ning Bing by her true name.
• Shang Yan Fei offered Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing a reward, but Fang Yuan declined, saying their debts to Shang Xin Ci were settled and he had enough primeval stones.
• Shang Xin Ci asked Shang Yan Fei to reward Fang Yuan for the goods he had lost, and Shang Yan Fei proposed another plan that she recognized as what Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing needed most.

Fang Yuan refused Shang Yan Fei’s offer to erase his and Bai Ning Bing’s wanted posters, but accepted treatment and requested rewards after Wei Yang advised him to take Shang Clan tokens. The chapter ended with Fang Yuan receiving a Purple Thorn Token and Bai Ning Bing learning that he needed a Yang Gu to regain a male body.

• Fang Yuan rejected Shang Yan Fei’s offer to settle the dispute with the Bai clan and declared that he would seek revenge himself.
• Wei Yang arranged for the Plain Hand Physician to treat Fang Yuan and examine Bai Ning Bing, and Fang Yuan used the visit to tell Bai Ning Bing to ask about the Yin-Yang Transformation Gu.
• The Plain Hand Physician healed Fang Yuan’s injuries and restored his right ear, while Bai Ning Bing bathed and revealed his true appearance.
• Wei Yang persuaded Fang Yuan to accept a reward, so Fang Yuan requested two high-grade tokens from Shang Yan Fei.
• Shang Yan Fei granted Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing Purple Thorn Tokens, and the Plain Hand Physician told Bai Ning Bing he needed a Yang Gu to return to a male body.

Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing negotiated a new alliance in Shang Clan City, using their mutual dependence and the Yang Gu as leverage. After signing a Poison Oath pact, they prepared to pursue their cultivation goals together.

• At the family banquet, Fang Yuan befriended the young clan leaders while Shang Xin Ci invited him to visit her in Nan Qiu Yuan.
• Bai Ning Bing confronted Fang Yuan about the Yang Gu, and they argued over their past debts before agreeing to cooperate.
• Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing negotiated an alliance, including a thirty-seventy split of future gains and Fang Yuan's promise to return the Yang Gu when he reached Peak Rank 5.
• They bought Poison Oath Gu and Elder Gu, then used the Poison Oath Gu to formalize their pact.
• Fang Yuan transferred over half his Primeval Stones into Bai Ning Bing's Elder Gu, and she agreed to help him advance to Rank 3.

Fang Yuan advanced to Rank 3 with Bai Ning Bing’s help and reviewed the Gu he needed to replace or acquire while planning to build up his strength in Shang Clan City. Meanwhile, Shang Yan Fei considered recruiting Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing for Shang Xin Ci, then visited the Shang Clan’s Treasure Door.

• Bai Ning Bing poured Snow Silver Primeval Essence into Fang Yuan, helping him break through from Rank 2 peak to Rank 3 in about three hours.
• Fang Yuan inspected his Gu and planned to replace or trade several of them, acquire strength, investigation, and movement Gu, and contact the Gambling Stone House.
• Shang Yan Fei told Wei Yang that he wanted Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing to serve the Shang Clan, and Wei Yang understood his intent.
• Shang Yan Fei reflected that recruiting Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing would benefit Shang Xin Ci, then went to the enormous vermilion gate.
• The Treasure Door opened its carved face and teased Shang Yan Fei as he complained about its habitual trick.

Shang Yan Fei traded Blood Handprint Gu to the Treasure Door for Man's Strength Over Heaven Gu, intending to help Shang Xin Ci open her aperture. Meanwhile, Fang Yuan hosted Wei Yang and Xiao Yan and discussed staying in Shang Clan City to trade for Gu.

• Shang Yan Fei agreed to pick the Treasure Door's nose in exchange for treasure, and his Blood Handprint Gu produced a shower of rare materials when the door sneezed.
• Shang Yan Fei traded Blood Handprint Gu for Man's Strength Over Heaven Gu and refined it before it could recover its wild nature.
• Shang Yan Fei planned to give Shang Xin Ci the Gu so she could open her aperture and eventually cultivate.
• Fang Yuan hosted Wei Yang and Xiao Yan for a banquet, where Xiao Yan praised Fang Yuan for saving Shang Xin Ci and earning a Purple Thorn Token.
• Fang Yuan told Wei Yang and Xiao Yan that he and Bai Ning Bing planned to stay in Shang Clan City and trade for Gu to assemble a set.

Wei Yang advised Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing on choosing cultivation paths and coordinated Gu Worm sets, but both chose the paths he warned against. After buying their Gu Worms, Fang Yuan learned Bai Ning Bing's aptitude was rising again and went alone to the gambling stone district to seek a legendary sealed Gu Worm.

• Wei Yang explained the main Gu Master specializations and urged Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing to build their Gu Worm sets around an attack-focused core.
• Fang Yuan insisted on following the strength path, while Bai Ning Bing abandoned the Frost Demon Gu for an Ice Crystal Gu, despite Wei Yang's objections.
• Fang Yuan bought a rank 2 Brown Bear Strength Gu, and Bai Ning Bing bought a rank 3 Ice Crystal Gu.
• Bai Ning Bing told Fang Yuan her aptitude had risen by one percent and said she would avoid advancing to Rank 4; Fang Yuan suggested she seek information at Wind Rain Tower about the Yang Gu.
• After Bai Ning Bing left, Fang Yuan returned to the shop with a list, collected its items, and went to the gambling stone district to look for a stone sealing a legendary Gu Worm.

Fang Yuan visited a Gambling Stone House and spotted a Star Stone that he knew concealed a legendary Gu worm, though it had not yet been discovered. He chose several stones from the low-grade area, and the clerk was stunned when Fang Yuan showed a Purple Thorn Token.

• Fang Yuan observed the dusty Star Stone being used as a footrest and recalled how it would later be cut open to reveal a legendary Gu worm.
• A clerk mistook Fang Yuan for a novice and explained how stubborn stones formed and how their appearances could hint at the Gu inside.
• The clerk described the Gambling Stone House's stone categories, cutting methods, and fees as he guided Fang Yuan through the shop.
• Fang Yuan chose several Old Man Stones, Push Cart Stones, and Star Stones from the low-grade area despite the clerk's efforts to sell him more expensive stones.
• The clerk asked Fang Yuan for a discount token and gaped when Fang Yuan presented a Purple Thorn Token.

Fang Yuan used a Purple Thorn Token to have five veteran stone-cutting masters open worthless stones, concealing his interest in a Star Stone and protecting the Spring Autumn Cicada from suspicion. After returning to Nan Qiu Yuan, he refined Bai Ning Bing’s Ice Crystal Gu and prepared to refine Speech of Untrustworthiness.

• Fang Yuan presented his Purple Thorn Token at the Gambling Stone House and paid for the low-grade stones he had selected.
• The shopkeeper summoned five veteran masters, who carefully cut the stones in public, but none contained a Gu worm.
• Fang Yuan left without further gambling, reasoning that he needed to avoid drawing attention to his plans for the Star Stone and the Spring Autumn Cicada.
• Fang Yuan returned to Nan Qiu Yuan, refined Bai Ning Bing’s Ice Crystal Gu with the Spring Autumn Cicada’s aura, and handed it back to Bai Ning Bing.
• Fang Yuan entered a secret chamber to begin refining Speech of Untrustworthiness.

Fang Yuan refined an Untrustworthy Words Gu and used it to remove the Poison Oath Gu’s restraint from himself while leaving Shang Ya Zi and Bai Ning Bing bound. He then assessed his remaining funds and began planning a way to earn money in Shang Clan City.

• Fang Yuan refined an Excrement Gu, then upgraded it into a Great Strength Excrement Gu.
• Fang Yuan combined the Great Strength Excrement Gu, Lion's Roar Gu, and three Paper Crane Gu to create an Untrustworthy Words Gu.
• Fang Yuan used the Untrustworthy Words Gu to destroy the Poison Oath Gu binding him, while Shang Ya Zi and Bai Ning Bing remained bound.
• Fang Yuan considered how he could use his advantage over Shang Ya Zi and Bai Ning Bing without ending their arrangements yet.
• Fang Yuan counted his remaining 420,000 primeval stones and decided he needed a way to earn money for his cultivation.

Wei Yang took Fang Yuan to register for the Training Arena, hoping that real battles would expose the strength path’s weaknesses. Fang Yuan entered his first match against Tang Qing and opened with an immediate attack.

• Wei Yang failed to persuade Fang Yuan to abandon the strength path and instead invited him to compete in the Training Arena.
• Wei Yang explained the arena’s benefits and rules as he guided Fang Yuan through registration in the Fifth Inner City.
• Fang Yuan registered under the name Gu Yue Fang Zheng, paid five hundred primeval stones, and received a Vine Message Gu.
• The arena arranged Fang Yuan’s first match against Tang Qing at Training Arena Number Five.
• When the bell rang, Fang Yuan used Jumping Grass to charge at Tang Qing, who was startled by the sudden attack.

Fang Yuan killed Tang Qing in the Training Arena, then resisted Wei Yang’s advice to abandon the strength path. Later, he gambled on stones while searching for a legendary Gu, but the Star Stone he expected to contain it proved empty, leaving his plans in doubt as he headed to face Tang Xiong.

• Fang Yuan ambushed Tang Qing, revealed his Rank 3 aura, and killed him with a series of attacks before the Training Arena overseer could intervene.
• Fang Yuan claimed Tang Qing’s Gu worms as spoils, while Wei Yang advised him to show restraint and questioned the practicality of the strength path.
• Fang Yuan told Wei Yang he had used the Black White Pig Gu, Crocodile Strength Gu, and Brown Bear Strength Gu, but maintained that he wanted to test the strength path for himself.
• Half a month later, Wei Yang warned Fang Yuan that Tang Xiong had issued a forced challenge to avenge Tang Qing and could unleash the Strength of Three Bears.
• Fang Yuan gambled on several stones, obtained a Rank 3 Sword Shadow Gu, and found that the Star Stone used as a counter prop contained no Gu.
• Fang Yuan grew troubled that the legendary Gu he had been seeking was missing, and Wei Yang reminded him that they needed to go to the Martial Training Area.