Chapter Summaries

The Treasure Pavilion Master learned that Lu Qing had sold them a recently crafted, unusually powerful Thunderclap Rune and ordered Master Wang to find its creator and approach him courteously. Lu Qing, assuming the Pavilion had ignored the rune, prepared to seek other merchants, but an inn waiter soon announced that several seniors wanted to see him.

• The Charm Woman told the Treasure Pavilion Master that Lu Qing had sold her the Thunderclap Rune for one hundred and twenty Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Master Wang concluded that the rune used a novel method and had been crafted less than a month earlier, suggesting its maker was nearby.
• The Treasure Pavilion Master tasked Master Wang with finding Lu Qing and learning where the rune's creator could be found.
• Lu Qing sensed that the inn's spiritual energy could help him break through to the Fourth Revolution Realm, but judged the room too expensive for a long stay.
• Believing the Treasure Pavilion had shown no interest, Lu Qing prepared two more Thunderclap Runes and considered approaching other merchant houses.
• An inn waiter told Lu Qing that several seniors outside wished to visit him.

Lu Qing met with Treasure Pavilion after its experts sought the maker of the Thunderclap Rune, then revealed that he had refined it himself. When the Pavilion’s appraisers doubted his claim, he offered to prove it by making another rune before them.

• Lu Qing met Master Wang and Zi Yuan, who explained that the Treasure Pavilion Master wanted to meet the Thunderclap Rune’s refiner and offered him a gift.
• Lu Qing insisted on meeting the Pavilion Master before revealing the supposed senior’s whereabouts, and Master Wang escorted him to Treasure Pavilion.
• Lu Qing told the Pavilion Master that no such senior existed and that he had refined the Thunderclap Rune himself.
• Master Qiu and Master Zhao doubted Lu Qing’s claim, while Master Wang defended him and argued with Master Qiu until the Pavilion Master stopped them.
• Lu Qing agreed to prove his claim by refining another Thunderclap Rune and produced a piece of Spirit Jade.

Lu Qing proved that he had refined the Thunderclap Rune by crafting another Golden Core Level talisman in front of the Treasure Pavilion’s appraisal masters. Impressed by his skill, the Treasure Pavilion Mistress apologized and invited him to become the pavilion’s Chief Talisman Crafter, leaving Lu Qing stunned.

• Lu Qing used Void Drawing Talisman to refine a Thunderclap Rune from Spirit Jade in less than a quarter-hour.
• Master Wang examined the rune and confirmed it was a flawless Golden Core Level Thunderclap Rune.
• Master Qiu appraised the rune himself and found no fault, convincing the Treasure Pavilion Mistress that Lu Qing had refined the talisman.
• The Treasure Pavilion Mistress apologized to Lu Qing, and Master Wang praised his talisman-crafting skill.
• The Treasure Pavilion Mistress invited Lu Qing to serve as the Treasure Pavilion’s Chief Talisman Crafter, and Lu Qing was stunned by the offer.

Lu Qing joined the Treasure Pavilion as its Chief Talisman Crafter after negotiating generous terms, while the Pavilion Mistress recognized that his fate and origins were mysterious. The chapter ended with Lu Qing attending a banquet in his honor as the Pavilion Mistress wondered whether he could resolve the deadly tribulation in her destiny.

• Lu Qing asked the Treasure Pavilion Mistress about the benefits of joining, and she offered him a monthly stipend, rune-sale profits, and a fifty percent discount on purchases.
• Lu Qing accepted the Chief Talisman Crafter position after explaining that he might leave the Small Azure Realm for the Tian Yuan Great World, and he and the Pavilion Mistress signed a contract and swore a Divine Soul Oath.
• After Lu Qing left, the Pavilion Mistress told Uncle Fu that her Fate Divination Divine Power could not truly see through Lu Qing and that he might bring her immense help.
• The Pavilion Mistress recalled that she had come to the Small Azure Realm seeking a way to break her deadly tribulation and wondered whether Lu Qing was the person destined to resolve it.
• Lu Qing returned to the Treasure Pavilion, where Master Wang escorted him to a welcome banquet, and the Pavilion Mistress introduced him as the new Chief Talisman Crafter.

After joining Treasure Pavilion, Lu Qing began refining talismans to repay the Pavilion Master's generosity and discovered that the Soul Division Technique let him produce them far more efficiently. He ended the chapter preparing to refine nine talismans at once.

• Lu Qing inspected his new cave dwelling, then told the Treasure Pavilion Master he wanted to begin refining talismans for Treasure Pavilion.
• Zi Yuan explained which talismans sold best, and Lu Qing revealed that his rune-array method made talismans inexpensive and that he could refine many types up to Golden Core Level.
• The Pavilion Master assigned Zi Yuan to serve Lu Qing and provided him with a large supply of low- and mid-grade Spirit Jade.
• Lu Qing gave Zi Yuan a Message Talisman and a Thunderclap Rune for protection.
• Lu Qing used the Soul Division Technique to refine three Golden Core Level Thunderclap Runes simultaneously, then prepared nine Spirit Jades for his next attempt.

Lu Qing gave the Treasure Pavilion hundreds of talismans he had crafted in a day, allowing the Pavilion Master to begin her price-war plan. As Lu Qing entered seclusion to approach the Golden Core Fourth Revolution, Master Qiu confronted Zi Yuan over the removal of his talismans and went to challenge the Pavilion Master.

• Lu Qing stopped crafting after accumulating hundreds of talismans and resumed cultivation, drawing closer to a breakthrough into the Golden Core Fourth Revolution.
• Zi Yuan summoned Lu Qing to meet the Treasure Pavilion Master, who proposed a talisman price war against other trading houses.
• Lu Qing handed the Pavilion Master around one hundred Golden Core Level talismans and more than three hundred Foundation Establishment Level talismans, all crafted in a day.
• The Pavilion Master accepted the talismans and began replacing the Treasure Pavilion’s old stock with Lu Qing’s creations while sending some to branch stores.
• Master Qiu angrily demanded that Zi Yuan explain why his talismans had been removed from the shelves, then went to confront the Pavilion Master.

After Master Qiu failed to overturn the Pavilion Master’s decision to remove the old talismans, he privately resolved to retaliate. Treasure Pavilion launched Lu Qing’s new talismans, and a customer’s test of the Gravity Rune revealed its remarkable power as the other talismans awaited trial.

• Zi Yuan watched Master Qiu leave, while the Pavilion Master ordered all old talismans removed from Treasure Pavilion.
• Master Qiu tried to force his way into the Pavilion Master’s seclusion, was subdued by two Deputy Pavilion Masters, and received only a reprimand and closed-door reflection.
• Master Qiu revealed that his outburst had partly been a test of the Pavilion Master’s attitude, then vowed revenge and took out a Communication Jade Talisman.
• Treasure Pavilion placed Lu Qing’s new talismans on sale and advertised discounts, drawing customers to a free demonstration.
• A late Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator tested the Gravity Rune and used its power to drive a heavy Iron Wood stake into the ground.
• The attendant introduced the Vitality Rune as the cultivator picked up the next talisman to test.

Treasure Pavilion’s newly launched talismans sold far faster than expected, prompting Lu Qing to agree to refine up to five hundred a day. As sales drew customers away from its rivals, Myriad Manifestations Pavilion’s leaders examined the talismans and wondered which master-rank talisman maker was producing them.

• A Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator tested a Thunderclap Rune, saw it shatter a stone pillar, and bought it at the first-customer discount along with six other talismans.
• Cultivators crowded Treasure Pavilion to buy the low-priced talismans, and more than half of Lu Qing’s several hundred talismans sold on the first day.
• Zi Yuan reported the shortage to the Treasure Pavilion Master, who visited Lu Qing and asked him to refine more; he agreed to make up to five hundred talismans daily.
• Lu Qing supplied the next batch, and the ongoing rush for talismans also increased Treasure Pavilion’s sales of other goods and drew the attention of its rivals.
• Myriad Manifestations Pavilion’s leaders examined Treasure Pavilion’s talismans, and Master Zhuo identified their ingenious Spirit Jade refining method as the work of a master-rank talisman maker.

Myriad Manifestations Pavilion and other trading houses reacted to Treasure Pavilion’s new low-cost talismans as Lu Qing cultivated in seclusion and broke through to the Golden Core Fourth Revolution. After discovering that the Small Azure Realm’s spiritual qi would likely only carry him to the Sixth Revolution, Lu Qing emerged to deliver talismans to Zi Yuan.

• Master Zhuo advised the Red-Faced Old Man of Myriad Manifestations Pavilion to wait for Treasure Pavilion’s talisman supply to falter, while Steward Shen was ordered to investigate its new talisman master.
• Thousand Machines Workshop’s master ordered his subordinates to investigate Treasure Pavilion and the person crafting its talismans before the coming audit.
• Lu Qing absorbed the spiritual qi in his cave abode and broke through from Golden Core Third Revolution Completion to the Fourth Revolution as Xiao Li and Five Elements watched.
• Lu Qing found that his mana, physical strength, and Divine Soul Power had all improved, but he concluded that the Small Azure Realm’s spiritual qi would likely only support his cultivation to the Sixth Revolution.
• Lu Qing left his cave abode with the day’s talismans and handed them to Zi Yuan when they met.

After learning that rival factions were targeting Treasure Pavilion over its popular talismans, Lu Qing returned to seclusion and began comprehending a Teleportation Array to strengthen his defenses against Nascent Soul experts. Meanwhile, Myriad Manifestations Pavilion struggled to find a way to stop Treasure Pavilion’s growing market share, until Steward Shen learned that Tianji Workshop was ready to act.

• Zi Yuan told Lu Qing that rival factions had sent spies to Treasure Pavilion, but Lu Qing trusted the Pavilion Master to handle the trouble and returned to his cave abode.
• Lu Qing assessed his abilities, concluded they were not enough to guarantee his safety against a Nascent Soul Great Power, and began comprehending the Teleportation Array inheritance from Starry Sky City.
• As Treasure Pavilion continued selling hundreds of talismans each day without running out, rival merchants feared it would monopolize Azure Wave City’s talisman market.
• At Myriad Manifestations Pavilion, Deputy Pavilion Master Hong and Master Zhuo doubted that one talisman refiner could produce so many talismans, while Steward Shen reported that the mysterious refiner remained secluded inside Treasure Pavilion.
• Hong rejected seizing the refiner because entering Treasure Pavilion could provoke the City Lord and powerful allies, but Steward Shen received news that Tianji Workshop had finally lost patience.

Tianji Workshop and allied merchants planned to pressure Treasure Pavilion, while its Master refused their invitation and Tianji Workshop plotted to recruit the resentful talisman maker Qiu Rong. Meanwhile, Lu Qing mastered the Teleportation Array inheritance, simplified it into a miniature array, and successfully inscribed it into high-grade Spirit Jade as a talisman just as a furtive figure approached another cave abode in Treasure Pavilion.

• The Red-Faced Old Man agreed that Myriad Manifestations Pavilion would join Tianji Workshop and other Azure Wave City merchants in pressuring Treasure Pavilion.
• The Master of Treasure Pavilion rejected Tianji Workshop’s invitation, and the furious Tianji Workshop Master ordered his subordinate to recruit Qiu Rong as an informant.
• Lu Qing finished comprehending the Teleportation Array inheritance and deduced a miniature array he hoped to inscribe into Spirit Jade.
• Lu Qing’s low-grade Spirit Jade shattered under the array runes, so he requested high-grade and supreme-grade Spirit Jade from Zi Yuan.
• Lu Qing successfully inscribed the miniature array into high-grade Spirit Jade, while a furtive figure approached a cave abode elsewhere in Treasure Pavilion.

Lu Qing received 2,500 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones from his talisman sales and decided to leave Azure Wave City soon with Xiao Li and Five Elements. Meanwhile, Master Qiu prepared to use a sealed Black Array Disk against the Treasure Pavilion Master.

• The Treasure Pavilion Master paid Lu Qing his share of the talisman proceeds: 2,500 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, equivalent to 250,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Lu Qing told Xiao Li and Five Elements they had enough to enter the Tian Yuan Great World, then chose to leave Azure Wave City after a few more days of refining talismans for Treasure Pavilion.
• Xiao Li accepted Lu Qing’s decision to leave, though it was reluctant to give up the cave dwelling’s good cultivation conditions.
• Master Qiu learned that Treasure Pavilion’s new talismans had cut his income by more than half and blamed the Treasure Pavilion Master.
• Master Qiu took out a sealed Black Array Disk and recalled the mysterious person who had contacted him.

Master Qiu prepared to use a sealed array plate against the mysterious talisman maker, while Tianji Workshop arranged for Qiu Rong to sabotage Treasure Pavilion. Young Master Yu of the Gongshu Family arrived in Azure Wave City, learned that Treasure Pavilion’s cheap talismans had crippled rival businesses, and condemned its challenge to the family’s business.

• Master Qiu suppressed his misgivings about the sealed array plate and resolved to act against the woman who had suppressed him.
• The Tianji Workshop Master agreed to pay Qiu Rong one hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones to cooperate against Treasure Pavilion.
• Young Master Yu arrived at Tianji Workshop with the Finance Manager and an old servant, and the Tianji Workshop Master hurriedly greeted him.
• After learning that Treasure Pavilion’s talismans had sharply reduced Tianji Workshop’s sales, Young Master Yu examined the talismans and praised their maker’s skill.
• Young Master Yu declared that Treasure Pavilion had no right to seize the Gongshu Family’s business.

The Tianji Workshop Master persuaded Young Master Yu of the Gongshu Family to use a sealed array disk to frame the Treasure Pavilion as harboring demonic cultivators. Bribed with a thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, Master Qiu carried out the plan, and the array disk erupted beside Master Lu’s cave dwelling.

• Young Master Yu ordered Uncle Xing to seize Mo Hongyun, but the Tianji Workshop Master warned him about Azure Wave City’s Nangong city lord and proposed framing the Treasure Pavilion with sealed Demonic Qi.
• Young Master Yu approved the plan, and a disguised figure entered the Treasure Pavilion to deliver a message to Master Qiu.
• Master Qiu accepted a thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, then agreed to act before arranging his escape.
• Master Qiu sneaked to Lu Qing’s cave dwelling and began undoing the restrictions on the Black Array Disk, sensing that it contained a terrifying power.
• A guard spotted Master Qiu and tried to stop him, but Master Qiu released the array disk toward Master Lu’s cave dwelling, where it exploded into a towering pillar of black light.

Master Qiu detonated a demonic array disk in the Treasure Pavilion and tried to flee, but Lu Qing stopped him and learned that outsiders had orchestrated the attack. Gongshu Yu arrived with two Nascent Soul experts, exposed the Treasure Pavilion Master’s Mystic Yin Jade Body, accused the Pavilion of harboring Demon Clan members, and prepared to seize them by force.

• Master Qiu unleashed Demonic Qi with a Black Array Disk, then attacked Zhao the Guard and attempted to escape.
• Lu Qing stopped Master Qiu, saved Zhao the Guard, and learned from him that Qiu Rong had activated the disk.
• The Treasure Pavilion Master questioned Qiu Rong, but he refused to speak before Gongshu Yu and two Nascent Soul experts appeared overhead.
• Lu Qing identified Gongshu Yu and his companions as powerful members of the Gongshu Family who had instigated Qiu Rong’s actions.
• Gongshu Yu recognized the Treasure Pavilion Master’s Mystic Yin Jade Body and divine ability bloodline, accused the Pavilion of harboring the Demon Clan, and unleashed his pressure upon them.

Gongshu Yu used his Emperor's Heart Art to force the Treasure Pavilion Master and her companions toward their knees, until Azure Wave City Lord Nangong Yuanwu intervened and shielded them. After Nangong Yuanwu insulted Gongshu Yu, Gongshu Yu activated a Guardian Jade Talisman, summoning the power of a powerful Nascent Soul expert as the city was rocked by a battle.

• Gongshu Yu's aura pressed the Treasure Pavilion Master and her companions toward kneeling, while Lu Qing concealed that he was unaffected.
• Nangong Yuanwu appeared, dispelled the black radiance, and challenged Gongshu Yu's claim that the Treasure Pavilion sheltered Demon Clan spies.
• Nangong Yuanwu threatened Gongshu Yu, who reacted by activating a Guardian Jade Talisman despite his attendants' protests.
• The two old men fought Nangong Yuanwu to buy Gongshu Yu time, but Nangong Yuanwu's single strike forced them back.
• The Guardian Jade Talisman vanished and summoned an illusory old man, whom Nangong Yuanwu recognized as a powerful Nascent Soul expert.

Gongshu Yu used a Guardian Jade Talisman to summon his ancestor and attack Azure Wave City's Lord, who self-destructed his spiritual artifact to escape defeat. Lu Qing treated the badly wounded City Lord, but discovered a Dao wound to his primordial spirit as Gongshu Yu remained a threat above the city.

• Gongshu Yu summoned his ancestor's avatar to suppress Nangong Yuanwu, while Azure Wave City's Lord used the city's grand array and his seal to resist.
• Butler Cai and the other steward attacked Azure Wave City's Lord, forcing him to split his focus and suffer injuries as the ancestor's palm pressed down.
• Azure Wave City's Lord self-destructed his seal, blasting apart the ancestor's avatar and engulfing the two stewards and Gongshu Yu in the explosion.
• A one-armed figure shielded Gongshu Yu, while Azure Wave City's grand array protected the city from most of the blast.
• The Treasure Pavilion Master found Azure Wave City's Lord gravely injured, and Lu Qing used a talisman before identifying a Dao wound to his primordial spirit.
• Lu Qing warned that ordinary healing talismans could not cure the City Lord and pointed toward the sky as Gongshu Yu's icy voice rang out.

Lu Qing intervened when Gongshu Yu attacked the Treasure Pavilion Master and the others, suppressing his dharma hand with the Li Fire Cauldron phantom. After Gongshu Yu rejected his offer to spare them and attacked, Lu Qing caught and crushed the fist imprint, then appeared before him.

• Gongshu Yu blamed Nangong Yuanwu for his losses, broke through Azure Wave City's damaged formation, and descended to kill the Treasure Pavilion Master and the others.
• The Tianji Workshop Master and the Red-Faced Old Man blocked the group’s escape, while Uncle Fu was struck down trying to protect the Treasure Pavilion Master.
• Lu Qing used the Li Fire Cauldron phantom to freeze Gongshu Yu’s glass-colored dharma hand and asked him to spare the Treasure Pavilion Master and the others.
• The Tianji Workshop Master identified Lu Qing as the Treasure Pavilion’s mysterious talisman crafter, and Gongshu Yu accused him of being a Demon Clan remnant before attacking with a treasure-enhanced fist imprint.
• Lu Qing effortlessly caught and crushed Gongshu Yu’s fist imprint, then vanished and reappeared before him.

Lu Qing overwhelmed Gongshu Yu, battered him into a near-death state, and returned to find the Tianji Workshop attacking the Treasure Pavilion. As Lu Qing moved to kill Gongshu Yu, the Azure Wave City Lord killed him instead, taking responsibility for the consequences.

• Lu Qing crushed Gongshu Yu’s Emperor Fist Seal and relentlessly battered him through the sky, while the Tianji Workshop Master ordered an attack on the Treasure Pavilion to take Mo Hongyun hostage.
• The Treasure Pavilion resisted the Tianji Workshop’s assault, and the Red-Faced Old Man kept the Myriad Manifestations Pavilion out of the fight.
• Lu Qing returned with Gongshu Yu reduced to mangled flesh and suppressed everyone as the battlefield fell silent.
• Gongshu Yu begged Lu Qing to spare him and threatened him with the Gongshu Family, but Lu Qing refused and prepared to finish him.
• The awakened Azure Wave City Lord, Nangong Yuanwu, said he would bear the karmic burden and extinguished Gongshu Yu’s remaining divine soul himself.

Lu Qing and the Azure Wave City Lord dealt with the survivors after Gongshu Yu’s death, sealing the Golden Core cultivators and ordering the captives imprisoned. Mo Hongyun revealed her family connection to the City Lord and demanded that Qiu Rong be left in her hands.

• The Azure Wave City Lord explained that he had killed Gongshu Yu to bear the karmic consequences himself, then ordered the surviving opponents imprisoned rather than slain.
• Lu Qing sealed the Golden Cores of the captured Golden Core cultivators with a Void Drawing Talisman and brought back Gongshu Yu’s two severely wounded Nascent Soul companions.
• The City Lord ordered the captives taken to the Black Stone Prison in his residence, and Mo Hongyun called him Uncle, revealing their relationship.
• Mo Hongyun reminded the City Lord that she had not forgiven his family for what happened to her parents, then asked to keep Qiu Rong for betraying the Treasure Pavilion.
• The City Lord granted her request, and Mo Hongyun struck Qiu Rong down when he begged for mercy.