Chapter Summaries

Nong Zhu, Wen Lanfeng, and Lou Yanqing listened to a sorrowful song at Spring Sleep Tower and discussed Yue Qianchou’s reputation and supposed life there. Meanwhile, Yue Qianchou reviewed the Restriction Breaking Pill sales and noticed a suspicious bulk purchase of Seven Star Blood Orchids, leaving him wondering what the buyer intended.

• Nong Zhu reunited Wen Lanfeng with Lou Yanqing, and the three listened to a song from Spring Sleep Tower that moved them to recall its lyrics.
• Wen Lanfeng told Lou Yanqing and Nong Zhu that Yue Qianchou had written the song and that Niu Youde was living and behaving scandalously at Spring Sleep Tower.
• Lou Yanqing questioned whether the stories about Niu Youde were true, but Nong Zhu grew angry and decided to visit him.
• Mo Shaojun reported that buyers had snapped up all five thousand Restriction Breaking Pills, with Ice Palace and Cloud Palace receiving the largest orders.
• Yue Qianchou inspected Treasure Pavilion’s listings and found someone offering twenty million high-grade Spirit Stones per Seven Star Blood Orchid in bulk, prompting him to suspect an unknown purpose.

Hu Yuntian tried to abduct Ye Qun from Spring Sleep Tower, forcing her to evade his attacks with illusions. Wen Lanfeng arrived as Hu Yuntian prepared to strike in earnest, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Hu Yuntian demanded front-row seats, then settled for an empty table after Man Hu warned him not to provoke Treasure Gathering Basin.
• Yan Zhuixing identified the singer as Ye Qun, the former palace master of Illusion Demon Palace, and Man Hu suspected Hu Yuntian was using her to lure Niu Youde out.
• After her performance, Ye Qun refused Hu Yuntian's demands to leave with him, and she evaded his repeated grabs with illusionary movement arts.
• A servant told Yan Yu that Hu Yuntian and Ye Qun had begun fighting, and Wen Lanfeng vanished from the rear courtyard to intervene.
• Hu Yuntian prepared to kill Ye Qun, but Wen Lanfeng appeared at the corridor entrance and repeated Nong Zhu's remark about Hu Changshou's son snatching people from a brothel.

Wen Lanfeng drove Hu Yuntian away from Spring Sleep Tower, and Yue Qianchou supplied Yin Baikang with pills on credit. After returning to the tower and learning Hu Yuntian had tried to seize the Hundred Charm Demoness, Yue Qianchou became furious and threatened to kill him.

• Wen Lanfeng warned Hu Yuntian to stop causing trouble at Spring Sleep Tower, then vanished, while Hu Yuntian left in anger.
• Yue Qianchou delivered twenty-five thousand Restriction Breaking Pills to Yin Baikang and arranged payment within a day, along with payment for five thousand Seven Treasures Pills.
• Yue Qianchou returned to Spring Sleep Tower and heard that Wen Lanfeng, Lou Yanqing, and Mr. Nongzhu had come looking for him.
• Yan Yu told Yue Qianchou that Hu Yuntian had tried to forcibly seize the Hundred Charm Demoness, and Yue Qianchou vowed that Hu Yuntian would pay for it.

Yin Baikang countered the nations’ attempt to pressure him over Restriction Breaking Pill prices by opening sales to Rogue Cultivators, then sold out his stock to the factions. Yue Qianchou praised Yin Baikang’s strategy and collected twenty-four billion high-grade Spirit Stones, while Yin Baikang secretly planned to ask him for an item from the Immortal World.

• Jing Yuankong watched Rogue Cultivators gather after Treasure Pavilion announced that remaining Restriction Breaking Pills would be sold to them without purchase limits.
• Pei Fang’s coalition fell apart as the lords left, and Pei Fang, Qi Jiujun, and Ouyang Da decided to buy pills rather than let Yin Baikang profit without them.
• Treasure Pavilion sold all fifteen thousand Restriction Breaking Pills to faction representatives, leaving the waiting Rogue Cultivators disappointed.
• Wen Lanfeng and Lou Yanqing asked Nong Zhu to obtain free Restriction Breaking Pills for their people, and Nong Zhu promised to ask Niu Youde.
• Yue Qianchou recognized Yin Baikang’s counterattack as a brilliant move, then went to God of Wealth Peak and collected twenty-four billion high-grade Spirit Stones.
• Yin Baikang praised their business partnership while privately considering how to persuade Yue Qianchou to bring back something from the Immortal World.

Yue Qianchou urged Yan Yu and the Hundred Charm Demoness to leave the Treasure Gathering Basin, but both refused, and he left them behind. After shedding his Niu Youde disguise, he entered the basin under his true name, drawing startled reactions from the cultivators registering arrivals.

• Yue Qianchou confirmed his deal with Yin Baikang before returning to Spring Sleep Tower.
• Yue Qianchou told Yan Yu to leave and offered to escort the Hundred Charm Demoness back to the Huaxia Cultivation World, but both women declined.
• After Yue Qianchou left, the Hundred Charm Demoness reassured Yan Yu that he cared for her and would return.
• In the primeval forest, Yue Qianchou killed a giant python with the Star Flame Fire Art, removed his disguise, and changed into his own clothes.
• Yue Qianchou entered the Treasure Gathering Basin and registered as a rogue cultivator under his true name.
• The registration clerk and nearby cultivators froze when Yue Qianchou gave his name, and the clerk asked if he was really Yue Qianchou.

Yue Qianchou entered the Treasure Gathering Basin and met with Yin Baikang to exchange Niu Youde’s Seven Treasures Pills for ten billion high-grade Spirit Stones. After the deal, Sikong Jue escorted him down God of Wealth Peak and gave him one hundred thousand high-grade Spirit Stones.

• Yue Qianchou proved his identity with the Azure Flame Fire Dragon and received an entry-and-exit jade slip at the basin’s entrance.
• Sikong Jue met Yue Qianchou and took him to God of Wealth Peak to see Yin Baikang.
• Yue Qianchou teased Sikong Jue about his manner, then reminded Yin Baikang that he had come to settle the Seven Treasures Pill deal.
• Yin Baikang confirmed Yue Qianchou had delivered all five thousand Seven Treasures Pills and gave him ten billion high-grade Spirit Stones.
• Yue Qianchou and Yin Baikang agreed that future batches of Seven Treasures Pills would go directly from Niu Youde to Yin Baikang.
• Sikong Jue escorted Yue Qianchou down the mountain and gave him one hundred thousand high-grade Spirit Stones.

Yue Qianchou left God of Wealth Peak with Niu Youde’s four subordinates and sought shelter at the Wen Family Shop, where he met Wen Lanfeng and Lou Yanqing. Wen Lanfeng agreed to let Yue Qianchou and his attendants stay, while Nong Zhu grew suspicious about why he needed protection.

• Yue Qianchou met Tian Ye and three other subordinates, then led them away from Niu Youde’s residence in search of a safer place.
• When people recognized Yue Qianchou and blocked the street, he used azure flames to clear a path to the Wen Family Shop.
• Yue Qianchou asked to see Wen Lanfeng, then traded banter with Nong Zhu before meeting Wen Lanfeng and Lou Yanqing upstairs.
• Yue Qianchou flattered Wen Lanfeng and mistakenly called Lou Yanqing Madam Wen, then apologized after she introduced herself.
• Yue Qianchou asked Wen Lanfeng to shelter him and his four attendants, and Wen Lanfeng agreed.

After Yue Qianchou arrived at the Treasure Gathering Basin, rival forces began watching him for the Myriad Sword Demon Lord’s legacy, while Yan Zhuixing’s group discussed finding Blood Demon Flowers for his cultivation. The Hundred Charm Demoness and Yan Yu went to the Wen Family Shop to see Yue Qianchou, and Innkeeper Wen confirmed he was there.

• Yue Qianchou met Wen Lanfeng, while Nong Zhu arranged for two women to stay with Wen Lanfeng and teased Yue Qianchou about Spring Sleep Tower.
• Leaders and spies from several forces increased their surveillance of Yue Qianchou, hoping to seize him and obtain the Myriad Sword Demon Lord’s legacy.
• Bing Chengzi told Yan Zhuixing to return to the Ice Palace after the convention, but Yan Zhuixing pointed to the Wu family as a possible source of Blood Orchids for his breakthrough.
• A disciple told Bing Chengzi, Man Hu, and Yan Zhuixing that Yue Qianchou had arrived, and Yan Zhuixing resolved to deal with him.
• Yan Yu told the Hundred Charm Demoness that Yue Qianchou was at the Wen Family Shop, and the two women went there together.
• Yan Yu asked Innkeeper Wen whether Yue Qianchou was at his shop, and Innkeeper Wen confirmed that he was.

Hundred Charm Demoness came to the Treasure Gathering Basin to see Yue Qianchou, but their reunion was delayed as she encountered Ziyi, Furong, and Nong Zhu in the inn’s rear courtyard. Nong Zhu discovered her connection to his former lover Qiu Meiniang, while Ziyi and Furong learned that Yue Qianchou was nearby and confronted their master with suspicion.

• Hundred Charm Demoness asked Innkeeper Wen to tell Yue Qianchou that Ye Qun was looking for him, and Yue asked the innkeeper to bring her to the rear courtyard.
• Hundred Charm Demoness met Ziyi in the courtyard, and Nong Zhu thanked her for helping his disciple and promised to assist her if she ever needed help.
• Nong Zhu recognized Hundred Charm Demoness’s Jade Charm Technique and learned that it had belonged to Qiu Meiniang, his lover from over a thousand years earlier.
• Ziyi introduced Furong to Hundred Charm Demoness as Yue Qianchou’s woman, while Yue watched anxiously from upstairs with Wen Lanfeng.
• Hundred Charm Demoness revealed that she had come to see Yue Qianchou, and Ziyi and Furong questioned Nong Zhu after realizing he was nearby.

Yue Qianchou reunited with Ziyi and Furong, then argued with Nong Zhu over Ziyi’s wedding and a treasured sword. When Ziyi attacked him with a bamboo staff, Yue Qianchou repeatedly dodged through instinct, leading Ziyi to recognize that he had mastered the Bird Play.

• Yue Qianchou came downstairs, reunited with Furong, and traded sharp remarks with Ziyi.
• Yue Qianchou claimed Ziyi was getting married and accused Nong Zhu of taking his treasured sword, while Nong Zhu denied both claims.
• Ziyi produced the treasured sword, put it away, and attacked Yue Qianchou with her bamboo staff.
• Yue Qianchou repeatedly anticipated and evaded Ziyi’s blows, astonishing Wen Lanfeng, Lou Yanqing, and Nong Zhu.
• Ziyi remembered Bi Changchun’s explanation of the Bird Play and asked Yue Qianchou whether he had mastered it.

Yue Qianchou used the Animal Play Bi Changchun taught him to evade Ziyi’s Great Shifting Form Technique with his eyes closed, surprising the onlookers. Yan Yu recognized him as Niu Youde by his scent, but Yue Qianchou’s cold response left her heartbroken as she hurried away.

• Yue Qianchou recalled Bi Changchun’s Animal Play training and realized it helped him evade Ziyi’s attacks by instinct.
• Ziyi tested her Great Shifting Form Technique against Yue Qianchou, who closed his eyes and dodged her afterimages with increasing ease.
• The onlookers recognized Ziyi’s technique as Nong Zhu’s Great Shifting Form Technique and were stunned by Yue Qianchou’s instinctive evasion.
• Ziyi stopped fighting and asked Yue Qianchou to teach her, but he refused and asked her to return his treasured sword, which she kept.
• The Hundred Charm Demoness said she had come to find Yue Qianchou, while Yan Yu recognized his scent and realized he was Niu Youde.
• Yan Yu excused herself and left, and Nong Zhu gave Yue Qianchou a cold snort as Lou Yanqing sighed.

Yue Qianchou took Furong and Ziyi shopping in the Treasure Gathering Basin, where they spent a staggering sum on piles of goods. Afterward, Nong Zhu asked him to arrange pills for Wen Lanfeng and Lou Yanqing, but Yue Qianchou left to attend to other business.

• Yue Qianchou took Furong out to explore the Treasure Gathering Basin, and Ziyi joined them.
• Ziyi and Furong bought goods from shops throughout the basin while Yue Qianchou paid the bills and followed them around.
• Nong Zhu asked Yue Qianchou to contact Niu Youde about Restriction Breaking Pills and Seven Treasures Pills for Wen Lanfeng and Lou Yanqing.
• Yue Qianchou complained that Ziyi had spent more than eight hundred million high-grade Spirit Stones and left to handle his own business.
• Nong Zhu, Wen Lanfeng, and Lou Yanqing inspected Ziyi and Furong's purchases and learned the two women had spent nearly two billion high-grade Spirit Stones.

Yue Qianchou went to the outskirts of the Treasure Gathering Basin to set up a stall and earn back the money spent shopping. He shared a stall with Ye Cheng, displayed ten pots of unusual red-leaved orchids, and drew a crowd curious about his goods.

• Yan Zhuixing and Man Hu watched Yue Qianchou leave the Wen Family Shop and discussed his spending and Yan Zhuixing's interest in him.
• Yue Qianchou told Mo Shaojun he planned to set up a stall, then chose the cheaper outskirts rather than pay ten high-grade Spirit Stones for a central plot.
• Yue Qianchou found Ye Cheng selling stones and asked to share his stall, which Ye Cheng eagerly accepted.
• Yue Qianchou cleared half the stall, arranged ten pots of blood-red orchids, and planted signs beside the flowers and Ye Cheng's stones.
• Yue Qianchou sat down with Ye Cheng as curious onlookers rushed over to see what he was selling.

Yue Qianchou set up a stall selling Seven Star Blood Orchids at an exorbitant price to discover who wanted to buy them in bulk. After news of the stall spread, Lu Yanqing sought help obtaining some for Lingfang Valley, and Nong Zhu agreed to approach Yue Qianchou despite feeling embarrassed about asking him for another favor.

• Yue Qianchou displayed ten pots of Seven Star Blood Orchids for two hundred million high-grade Spirit Stones each and labeled his rare ores priceless, drawing a large crowd but no immediate buyers.
• Yue Qianchou watched people leave to spread word of the sale, hoping to identify whoever was buying Seven Star Blood Orchids in large quantities.
• Wen Lanfeng, Nong Zhu, and Lu Yanqing discussed the stall, and Lu Yanqing asked Nong Zhu to help her obtain orchids for Lingfang Valley.
• Nong Zhu told Lu Yanqing and Wen Lanfeng that Yue Qianchou was a highly skilled pill refiner and might not want to trade for her pills.
• Wen Lanfeng offered to buy ten orchids for Lu Yanqing, but she declined and said she would ask Yue Qianchou herself.
• Nong Zhu volunteered to ask Yue Qianchou for orchids, while privately worrying that he had already asked the young man for too many valuable things.

Yue Qianchou’s Seven Star Blood Orchid stall drew Yan Zhuixing, Man Hu, and Hu Yuntian, whose arrival revived his anger over Hu Yuntian’s conduct at Spring Sleep Tower. After a Cloud Palace guard rebuked him, Yue Qianchou killed the guard in a swift attack, leaving the crowded Treasure Gathering Basin in chaos.

• Yin Baikang learned that Yue Qianchou was selling Seven Star Blood Orchids and sent Jing Yuankong to sell three thousand Seven Treasures Pills while keeping the rest for the World Commerce Association.
• Yan Zhuixing and Man Hu suspected Yue Qianchou had supplied the Wu family with blood orchids, and Yan Zhuixing proposed meeting him alone to learn the source.
• Hu Yuntian arrived with Yan Zhuixing and Man Hu, and the group entered Yue Qianchou’s crowded stall after his attendants cleared a path.
• Yue Qianchou recognized Hu Yuntian as the man who had caused trouble at Spring Sleep Tower and told the visitors to leave if they were not buying anything.
• A Cloud Palace guard called Yue Qianchou insolent, and Yue Qianchou attacked and split him in two with the Great Black Saber.
• The crowd fled in panic as Hu Yuntian, Yan Zhuixing, and Man Hu stared in shock.

Yue Qianchou killed a Cloud Palace disciple after the group confronted him at his stall, and the dispute drew powerful figures from both sides to the Treasure Gathering Basin. Sikong Jue tried to mediate, while Yue Qianchou argued that Cloud Palace had bullied him first, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Yue Qianchou gathered his blood orchids after killing a Cloud Palace disciple, then rejected Hu Yuntian’s demand for an explanation and challenged him to a fight to the death.
• Mu Lianqiu arrived with Law Enforcement Guard disciples as Hu Yuntian appealed for justice, and Hu Changshou appeared to defend his son.
• Wen Lanfeng, Lu Yanqing, and Nong Zhu arrived to support Yue Qianchou, while Bing Chengzi called Sikong Jue to mediate on behalf of Tianxia Chamber of Commerce.
• Sikong Jue asked both sides to explain what happened, and Yue Qianchou claimed that six people had bullied him while he had only been running a stall.
• Yue Qianchou quoted his polite request that the Cloud Palace group move aside and accused Hu Yuntian of falsely claiming he had spoken disrespectfully.

Yue Qianchou challenged Hu Yuntian and his allies to settle their dispute in a deadly fight, but Hu Yuntian conceded after Yan Zhuixing gave him a way to back down. With Wen Lanfeng urging restraint, Yue Qianchou abandoned the challenge and resumed selling Seven Star Blood Orchids.

• Yue Qianchou accused Hu Yuntian of lying and challenged him to a duel to the death, even offering to fight all six men at once.
• Hu Yuntian asked Sikong Jue to decide the matter, and Sikong Jue forbade fighting in the Treasure Gathering Basin until the truth could be investigated.
• Pei Fang encouraged the duel, while Yan Zhuixing persuaded Hu Yuntian and Man Hu to concede rather than risk fighting Yue Qianchou.
• Hu Yuntian conceded, and Hu Changshou asked Wen Lanfeng to set the dispute aside until it could be investigated.
• Wen Lanfeng told Yue Qianchou to stand down, and Yue Qianchou put away his saber and began selling Seven Star Blood Orchids for two hundred million each.

Yue Qianchou consolidated his reputation after defeating Cloud Palace and Ice Palace disciples, then reflected on the power struggle between Yin Baikang and the World Commerce Association. The chapter ended as a violent surge of yin energy erupted from Nine Nether Cave, alarming the ghost cultivators of Yin Feng Valley.

• Hu Changshou and the other onlookers left Yue Qianchou’s stall after the confrontation, while the crowd regarded Yue Qianchou with newfound awe.
• Ziyi and Furong took over selling Blood Orchids at Yue Qianchou’s stall, and Ye Cheng left to report the events to Fu Xian Island.
• Yan Zhuixing invited Yue Qianchou to bring his Seven Star Blood Orchids to the Ice Palace shop, then news arrived that the World Commerce Association was selling Seven Treasures Pills.
• Yue Qianchou sent Mo Shaojun to investigate and concluded that Yin Baikang had used Niu Youde’s backing to strengthen the World Commerce Association, while Yue Qianchou’s own pill sales had put its plans at risk.
• A violent burst of yin energy erupted from Nine Nether Cave, and Yu Ji led the ghost generals toward the cave as hundreds of thousands of ghost cultivators watched in alarm.

A disturbance at Nine Nether Cave revealed that the Netherworld Gate had opened and been damaged, though Yu Ji and Bi Changchun learned nothing of its cause. The twin servants Liu Ben and Liu Pao returned to the Netherworld to report, arriving at Madam Black Pool’s palace.

• The Netherworld Gate opened amid surging yin energy, while Bi Changchun watched the upheaval through a mirror and Yu Ji waited outside Nine Nether Cave.
• Liu Ben and Liu Pao inspected the gate, found a Door Knocker Ring and two fangs missing with saw marks, and suspected someone might have come from inside.
• Liu Ben and Liu Pao returned through the gate as it closed, ending the disturbance; Yu Ji withdrew with the ghost generals, and Bi Changchun put away his mirror.
• The twin brothers presented their command tokens to the Netherworld guards and flew across the dark realm toward Nether Emperor Mountain.
• Liu Ben and Liu Pao arrived outside Black Pool Palace, where Madam Black Pool resided.

Liu Ben reported his inspection of the seventy-two realms to Madam Black Pool, while Yue Qianchou’s stall attracted no buyers and he later clashed with his companions over the price of his Seven Star Blood Orchids. The chapter left Yue Qianchou refusing to lower his price as Nong Zhu rebuked him.

• Liu Ben entered Black Pool Palace and reported his inspection findings to Madam Black Pool, who listened without comment.
• Yue Qianchou closed his stall after a day without customers, while Ziyi and Furong left to browse their purchases.
• Yue Qianchou sent Ziyi away, then teased Furong before Nong Zhu found the pair behind a locked door.
• Nong Zhu, Wen Lanfeng, and Lu Yanqing waited for Yue Qianchou, and Wen Lanfeng and Lu Yanqing accidentally glimpsed what he was doing with Furong.
• Lu Yanqing asked to buy several Seven Star Blood Orchids, and Yue Qianchou refused to lower his price.
• Nong Zhu scolded Yue Qianchou for refusing to offer Lu Yanqing a better price.