Chapter Summaries

Fang Yuan’s victory over Ju Kai Bei made him a celebrated contender in Shang Clan City, but he withdrew from the Training Arena and pledged allegiance to Shang Xin Ci. With Bai Ning Bing joining him, Shang Xin Ci became Shang Yi Fan’s main rival in the Young Master Competition, and Shang Ya Zi offered to help Shang Yi Fan counter Fang Yuan.

• Fang Yuan’s victory over Ju Kai Bei spread through Shang Clan City, earning him the title Little Beast King and raising hopes that he would dominate the Training Arena.
• Fang Yuan announced his withdrawal from the Training Arena, prompting rumors that the Shang clan had changed its policy before Shang Yan Fei calmed the public’s suspicions.
• Fang Yuan pledged allegiance to Shang Xin Ci and promised to help her become young master after Shang Ya Zi lost the position over his false accounts.
• Bai Ning Bing also withdrew from the Training Arena and pledged allegiance to Shang Xin Ci, making her a leading contender and sparking gossip about the three of them.
• Shang Ya Zi met with Shang Yi Fan and warned him that Fang Yuan was dangerous, offering to help him oppose Shang Xin Ci.

Shang Ya Zi handed his assets and retainers to Shang Yi Fan, who planned to absorb them and secure the Young Clan Leader position. Wei Yang explained the commerce competition’s rules and the pressure on Shang Xin Ci, who proposed an intelligence business as their path to victory.

• Shang Ya Zi gave Shang Yi Fan documents listing his hidden assets, plans, and trusted retainers, asking him to safeguard them until his return.
• Shang Yi Fan resolved to take over Shang Ya Zi’s forces and identified Shang Xin Ci and her two Rank 4 allies as obstacles to his bid for Young Clan Leader.
• Wei Yang told Shang Xin Ci, Fang Yuan, and Bai Ning Bing that competitors would receive one hundred thousand Primeval Stones and had three months to earn the most through commerce.
• Wei Yang warned that Shang Yi Fan was expected to reach at least six hundred thousand Primeval Stones and urged Shang Xin Ci not to break the rules.
• Shang Xin Ci asked about the highest historical competition results, then proposed using intelligence business to turn their starting funds into six hundred thousand Primeval Stones.

Shang Xin Ci proposed selling intelligence from the Shang Clan Training Arena, but Fang Yuan asked her to follow his arrangements as he prepared to increase her funds. When the Three Kings Inheritance opened on Three Fork Mountain, Fang Yuan began buying Gu needed to enter it, while planning to leave Shang Clan City after advancing Shang Xin Ci to young clan leader.

• Shang Xin Ci suggested collecting and selling information about Training Arena fighters, and Fang Yuan promised he could triple her Primeval Stones in twenty days.
• On Three Fork Mountain, Kong Ritian attacked the Zuo and Che clans and captured Zuo Chanyu and Che Qiaoxiang.
• Three pillars of light appeared as the Three Kings Inheritance opened, exciting the fighters gathered on the mountain.
• Fang Yuan learned the inheritance had opened and decided he needed to advance Shang Xin Ci to young clan leader before leaving Shang Clan City.
• Fang Yuan spent Shang Xin Ci's funds, Bai Clan payments, and Bai Ning Bing's remaining money on Dog Taming Gu, Paper Crane Gu, and Exploding Egg Gu.

Shang Yi Fan learned that Shang Xin Ci and Fang Zheng had bought up the three Gu needed to enter the Three Kings Inheritance, giving them a major business advantage. As the inheritance’s entry requirements spread, buyers across Shang Clan City rushed to purchase the Gu at sharply inflated prices.

• Shang Yi Fan studied the report of Shang Xin Ci’s purchases and worried that Fang Zheng’s unusual investment concealed a scheme.
• Manager Zhang told Shang Yi Fan that the entry methods for the Three Kings Inheritance had been discovered and required Dog Taming Gu, Paper Crane Gu, or Exploding Egg Gu.
• Shang Yi Fan realized Shang Xin Ci’s purchases had positioned her to profit, but Manager Zhang said they had no grounds to challenge her and urged him to focus on his own business.
• The chapter recounted how the three Wang Family orphans became the Dog King, Faith King, and Explosion King, avenged their family, and left behind three rank 5 inheritances.
• After the entry requirements spread, people in Shang Clan City scrambled to buy the three Gu, whose prices had risen to more than triple their earlier levels.

Fang Yuan used his advance knowledge of the Three Kings Inheritance to help Shang Xin Ci grow her capital and plan an intelligence business, then sold the Shang clan information about the inheritance’s origins as a decaying Gu Immortal blessed land. After the Shang clan sent teams to investigate, Fang Yuan approached Li Ran to offer the Wu clan information as well.

• Shang Xin Ci learned that her capital had tripled to three hundred thousand primeval stones, while Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing had also profited greatly.
• Fang Yuan advised Shang Xin Ci to prepare carefully for an intelligence business and recruit Zhou Quan as her chief steward.
• Fang Yuan told Wei Yang that the Three Kings Inheritance lay within a decaying Rank 6 Gu Immortal’s blessed land, and offered further information to the Shang clan.
• Wei Yang reported the news to Shang Yan Fei, who dispatched three teams to Three Fork Mountain; Fang Yuan later received another payment for information that helped prevent casualties.
• Fang Yuan secretly met Li Ran and offered him information about the Three Kings Inheritance for the Wu clan.

Fang Yuan refined a Nine-eyed Wine Bug while keeping his strength in reserve as the Three Kings Inheritance grew more dangerous. At the Market Festival, he advised Shang Xin Ci on the young masters’ political factions, and she chose to attend Shang Chao Feng’s banquet.

• Fang Yuan decided to wait before entering the Three Kings Inheritance and used materials bought in Shang Clan City to refine a Nine-eyed Wine Bug.
• Long Qingtian arrived at Three Fork Mountain and poisoned three Shang Clan Elders, but Wu Tongshen soon held him at bay.
• Fang Yuan continued cultivating with Bai Ning Bing’s help while the Spring Autumn Cicada’s recovery put increasing pressure on his aperture.
• Shang Xin Ci worried over invitations from the nine young masters during the Market Festival and asked Fang Yuan for advice.
• Fang Yuan explained the young masters’ factions, and Shang Xin Ci chose Shang Chao Feng’s invitation to avoid siding with either of the two strongest factions.

Shang Xin Ci joined Shang Chao Feng’s faction and proposed an intelligence business in the Training Arena, overcoming his concerns by showing how it could serve both the Gu Masters and Shang Clan. Shang Chao Feng agreed to support her, but she refused his offer of personnel, and Fang Yuan said he had a plan to address her lack of trusted subordinates.

• Shang Yi Fan learned that Shang Xin Ci had chosen Shang Chao Feng’s faction and saw her decision as a chance to improve his own odds, but Old Manager Zhang warned that Shang Qiu Niu could not help him target her.
• Shang Xin Ci told Shang Chao Feng she wanted to establish an intelligence business focused on the Training Arena, and he warned her that interfering with it could cost her position.
• Shang Xin Ci argued that publishing information about fighters would help Training Arena participants and strengthen Shang Clan’s oversight, persuading Shang Chao Feng to support the plan.
• Shang Xin Ci declined Shang Chao Feng’s offer to provide staff, saying she already had someone in mind.
• Shang Chao Feng warned that she lacked loyal subordinates and could be undermined by Shang Yi Fan, and Fang Yuan replied that he already had a plan.

Fang Yuan rejected Shang Chao Feng’s proposal, then promised to prepare Shang Xin Ci’s force before leaving Shang Clan City for Three Fork Mountain. At the Profitable Market Festival, he seized a half-token from a young stall owner, whose history was tied to a demonic Gu Master’s old promise.

• Fang Yuan rejected Shang Chao Feng’s proposal on Shang Xin Ci’s behalf, and Shang Chao Feng escorted them out of his manor.
• Fang Yuan told Shang Xin Ci that he and Bai Ning Bing would leave for Three Fork Mountain, but promised to secure her position as young master and recruit subordinates for her.
• Fang Yuan found a young Rank 1 Gu Master selling junk in an alley and forced him to surrender his goods for ten primeval stones.
• Fang Yuan selected a damaged black iron token engraved with the character for “meal” from the stall.
• The chapter recounted how a little girl had inherited the token from a demonic Gu Master, whose promise became useless after he was imprisoned and Ghost Cry Cave was destroyed.

Fang Yuan used a half-token to recruit the Xiong Family Three Brothers into Shang Xin Ci’s service for twenty years, then led the group to the slave market to recruit another person. There, he chose to buy members of the deposed Wei Clan Leader’s faction despite the political risks.

• Fang Yuan sought out Xiong Tu, Xiong Huo, and Xiong Feng and asked them to join Shang Xin Ci’s effort to become Shang Clan Young Master.
• After the brothers hesitated, Fang Yuan revealed a half-token that completed their family’s token, obliging them to repay their grandfather’s debt of gratitude by serving Shang Xin Ci for twenty years.
• Xiong Tu, Xiong Huo, and Xiong Feng sincerely accepted Shang Xin Ci as their master, while Bai Ning Bing and Shang Xin Ci wondered how Fang Yuan had arranged it.
• Fang Yuan led Shang Xin Ci, Bai Ning Bing, and the three brothers to the slave market and learned that a cage held people from the former Wei Clan Leader’s faction.
• Despite the warning that buying the Wei Lineage captives could be politically dangerous, Fang Yuan said they would buy them.

Fang Yuan bought the Wei family members and placed them under Shang Xin Ci’s control, then confronted Wei Dexin about her plans. Wei Dexin agreed to train loyal female guards, but Fang Yuan revealed that he knew she was pregnant and intended to seek revenge with help from her brother.

• Fang Yuan kicked the slave-market Gu Master unconscious, paid the fine, and bought everyone in the cages, including the Wei family members.
• Shang Pu Lao learned that Fang Yuan had taken the Wei family people he wanted to acquire, especially Wei Dexin, and accepted that he could not undo the sale.
• With Fang Yuan’s help, Shang Xin Ci mastered the Poison Scorpion Gu and received the Wei family members as her subordinates.
• Fang Yuan silenced a Wei family member who challenged him, then summoned Wei Dexin to speak with him privately.
• Fang Yuan ordered Wei Dexin to train loyal female guards for Shang Xin Ci and persuade the Wei family members to work properly.
• Fang Yuan revealed that he knew Wei Dexin was pregnant and planned to preserve her husband’s bloodline while contacting her brother Wei Shen Jing to seek revenge, terrifying her.

Fang Yuan secured Wei Dexin’s cooperation to strengthen Shang Xin Ci’s forces, then broke through to Rank 4 with Bai Ning Bing’s support. He led his allies to Zhou Quan’s manor and ordered them to storm it in an aggressive bid to deal with the man who could command Shang Xin Ci’s growing faction.

• Fang Yuan revealed that he knew Wei Dexin was pregnant and persuaded her to assist Shang Xin Ci, warning her that Wei Shen Jing was under Wu clan surveillance.
• Fang Yuan assessed Shang Xin Ci’s forces and concluded that recruiting Zhou Quan as chief steward would secure her victory in the Young Master Competition.
• Fang Yuan used Bai Ning Bing’s primeval essence to complete his breakthrough from Rank 3 to Rank 4.
• Fang Yuan arrived at Zhou Quan’s manor with Bai Ning Bing, Wei Dexin, the Xiong Family Three Brothers, Xiao Die, and others.
• Fang Yuan ordered his allies to smash their way into Zhou Quan’s manor, and they broke the gate and attacked its occupants.

Fang Yuan led a public assault on Zhou Quan, ignoring Shang Clan City’s rules and defeating him in his shop. The chapter ended with Fang Yuan crushing his Purple Thorn Token, making clear he was willing to surrender its protection to kill Zhou Quan.

• Zhou Quan saw Fang Yuan’s Rank 4 cultivation and fled his residence to hide in his shop.
• Fang Yuan and his group left Zhou Quan’s residence in ruins, then kicked in the shop’s doors despite the City Guard’s warnings.
• Bai Ning Bing intimidated the City Guard leader and paid him five hundred Primeval Stones as an advance fine.
• Fang Yuan attacked Zhou Quan inside the shop and beat him until he lay badly injured beneath Fang Yuan’s foot.
• Fang Yuan asked the Shang Clan elders about the penalty for killing in the city, then crushed his Purple Thorn Token in front of the crowd.

Fang Yuan forced Zhou Quan to accept Shang Xin Ci, helping her secure a profitable intelligence business and defeat Shang Yi Fan in the contest for young master. After Shang Xin Ci rose to become a young master, Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing left Shang Clan City for Three Fork Mountain.

• Fang Yuan nearly killed Zhou Quan, but Shang Xin Ci intervened and helped him accept the chance to serve her.
• Shang Yi Fan learned that Zhou Quan had joined Shang Xin Ci and planned to undermine her, but his schemes failed as her new force remained united.
• Shang Xin Ci's Training Arena intelligence business earned back its investment on the first day and grew her funds to four hundred and forty thousand primeval stones in a week.
• Shang Yan Fei supported Shang Xin Ci when Shang clan elders moved to halt her business, and several months later she defeated Shang Yi Fan to become a young master.
• Fang Yuan warned Shang Xin Ci to look beyond the young masters and said farewell as he and Bai Ning Bing departed toward Three Fork Mountain.

Fang Zheng faced Sun Yuanhua in the Immortal Crane Sect’s examination final, where their crane swarms joined the battle. Fang Zheng overcame Sun Yuanhua’s assault by mastering control of his vast swarm and won the match.

• Fang Zheng and Sun Yuanhua fought evenly until Fang Zheng summoned more than ten thousand Iron Beak Flying Cranes.
• Sun Yuanhua revealed his smaller Phantom Electric Crane swarm and warned Fang Zheng that his cranes were powerful fighters.
• Sun Yuanhua attacked Fang Zheng directly while the Phantom Electric Cranes cut through the disorganized Iron Beak Flying Crane swarm.
• Immortal Master Tian He urged Fang Zheng to divide his attention, and Sun Yuanhua’s taunt reminded Fang Zheng of his past fight against Fang Yuan.
• Fang Zheng endured the pain of splitting his focus, coordinated his Iron Beak Flying Cranes, and swallowed the Phantom Electric Crane swarm, winning the match.

Fang Zheng learned that Immortal Crane Sect’s mission was to compete for White Fox Fairy’s inheritance at Ladder Mountain. Meanwhile, Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing were ambushed by a herd of Lava Crocodiles on Fire Charcoal Mountain and prepared to fight the Molten Crocodile King.

• The Immortal Crane Sect leader assigned Fang Zheng and several elite disciples a mission, and Fang Zheng slept for two days after his exhausting battle with Sun Yuanhua.
• Elite disciples told Fang Zheng that he would travel to Ladder Mountain to compete with disciples from other sects for White Fox Fairy’s inheritance.
• Jiao Huang and Meng Tu waited on Fire Charcoal Mountain, hoping to kill Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing for a reward and Yellow Pear Tokens.
• A herd of over a thousand Lava Crocodiles emerged around Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing, led by a Molten Crocodile King.
• Fang Yuan urged Bai Ning Bing to join him in killing the Molten Crocodile King, and Bai Ning Bing agreed.

Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing defeated a Reaping Crocodile pack and continued toward Three Fork Mountain, while Jiao Huang and Meng Tu decided to follow them and seek an opening. In Central Continent, Fang Zheng led the Immortal Crane Sect disciples toward Ladder Mountain, rescued Fairy Bi Xia from the Four Great Perverts, and won her admiration.

• Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing killed the Reaping Crocodile King, causing the rest of the pack to flee.
• Jiao Huang and Meng Tu, frightened by the pair's strength, resolved to follow them to Three Fork Mountain and look for an opportunity.
• Fang Yuan suspected someone had deliberately sent the crocodiles to attack them, considered several possible enemies, and then set his suspicions aside.
• Fang Zheng led more than ten thousand Iron Beak Flying Cranes toward Ladder Mountain with the Immortal Crane Sect's elite disciples.
• Fang Zheng and the disciples spotted the Four Great Perverts surrounding the injured Fairy Bi Xia and two other Heavenly Lotus Sect Gu Masters.
• Fang Zheng's crane swarm drove the Four Great Perverts away, and Fairy Bi Xia thanked him and fell for him.

Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing carved a bloody reputation on their way to Three Fork Mountain, killing anyone who challenged them. At the mountain’s foot, a woman begged them to save her from the Ten Tyrants, but Fang Yuan stepped back and questioned why he should help.

• Fang Yuan killed Black Stone Old Monster, then crushed Jin Cheng En, driving the hidden Gu Masters to flee.
• Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing continued toward Three Fork Mountain, killing Righteous Path and Demonic Path Gu Masters who confronted them and spreading fearsome rumors of the Black and White Twin Fiends.
• The pair arrived at Three Fork Mountain and saw the Ten Tyrants attacking a female Gu Master while others refused to intervene.
• The female Gu Master ran to Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing for help, but Fang Yuan stepped away and coldly asked why he should save her.

Fang Yuan exposed Fox Charm’s disguise after she defeated the Ten Tyrants, and she threatened him before leaving. Meanwhile, Fang Zheng and his companions arrived at Ladder Mountain, where Fairy Bi Xia drew the attention of another young man.

• A member of the Ten Tyrants attacked the disguised female Gu Master while Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing watched without intervening.
• The woman revealed herself as the Rank 4 demoness Fox Charm and defeated the Ten Tyrants with a burst of pink light.
• Fang Yuan identified Fox Charm and rejected her attempts to charm him, prompting her to threaten him and leave.
• Fang Yuan recalled Fox Charm’s influence and hidden backing, then considered how to guard against her and the people she might send after him.
• Fang Zheng and his companions arrived at Ladder Mountain, where Fairy Bi Xia’s friendly conversation with Fang Zheng drew notice from the gathered disciples.
• A young man approached Bi Xia and said he had asked his master to send him to Ladder Mountain so he could see her; Bi Xia’s smile stiffened.

Fang Zheng faced Wei Wushang after rescuing Fairy Bi Xia, while the Ten Tyrants planned to recruit Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing against Fox Charm. Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing settled near the Three Kings Inheritance and waited for its next opening.

• Fairy Bi Xia praised Fang Zheng for rescuing her, and Wei Wushang challenged him out of jealousy.
• Fang Zheng accepted the challenge, and Wei Wushang opened the fight by using Void Break Gu.
• The Frowning Tyrant rebuked Second of the Ten Tyrants and warned his brothers not to antagonize Fox Charm.
• The Frowning Tyrant decided to visit Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing and propose joining forces against Fox Charm.
• Fang Yuan estimated that the inheritance would open in eight days and chose a mountain cave where he and Bai Ning Bing could settle.

Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing claimed a cave on Three Fork Mountain, then Fang Yuan challenged the Frowning Tyrant to a life-and-death duel. Fang Yuan killed him, leaving nearby Gu Masters stunned by the Black and White Twin Fiends’ strength.

• Fang Yuan drove Mang Kuang from his cave after Mang Kuang recognized him and Bai Ning Bing as the Black and White Twin Fiends.
• Fang Yuan told Bai Ning Bing to take turns keeping watch and predicted that Fox Charm would send trouble their way.
• The Frowning Tyrant arrived with his followers to visit Fang Yuan, but Fang Yuan challenged him to a duel and attacked.
• Fang Yuan fought the Frowning Tyrant while Bai Ning Bing defeated the other Tyrant members.
• Fang Yuan’s relentless attacks overwhelmed the Frowning Tyrant, and his six Beast Strength Phantoms smashed the man into minced meat.