Chapter Summaries

Xu Chunniang completed the Lin Family’s Spirit Gathering Grand Formation and arranged to leave Black Fish Island in three days. Before departing, she received Li Yuan’s thanks and reminded him to value his parents rather than offer his life in repayment.

• Xu Chunniang inspected Black Fish Island’s defensive formation while Sixth Uncle placed seventy-two formation anchors, then corrected nine anchors and began setting up the new formation.
• Sixth Uncle watched Xu Chunniang establish the formation gates until his divine sense gave out, then recovered and recorded what he could understand.
• After the Spirit Gathering Grand Formation was completed, the Lin Family Head praised Xu Chunniang and told her he was ready to leave; she set their departure for three days later.
• Li Yuan visited Xu Chunniang to thank her for helping him gain the chance to cultivate under Fourth Miss Lin.
• Xu Chunniang told Li Yuan that his parents deserved his gratitude more than she did, then left the courtyard before he could give her the packet of dried small fish.

Xu Chunniang left Black Fish Island and traveled across the islands toward the Immortal Palace Ruins, spending nearly a million spirit stones on repeated teleportations. After reaching East Pearl Island and heading east by flying shuttle, she encountered a Vermillion Bird Warship whose Third Young Master chose not to approach her.

• The Lin Family Head waived part of Xu Chunniang’s teleportation fee, and Li Yuan arrived to give her dried fish from his parents, which she accepted warmly.
• Xu Chunniang teleported to Mòjiāo Island and declined the Lin Family Head’s invitation to stay, continuing her journey to the Immortal Palace Ruins.
• The Lin Family Head encouraged his granddaughter’s ambitions for Black Fish Island and took her to meet an old friend who might accept her as a disciple.
• Xu Chunniang used large and medium-sized islands as transfer points, crossed into Phoenix-Qilin Continent, and spent nearly a million spirit stones reaching East Pearl Island.
• After sensing the Immortal Palace Ruins to the east, Xu Chunniang departed East Pearl Island by flying shuttle and encountered a Vermillion Bird Warship.
• The Third Young Master heard that Xu Chunniang appeared to share the warship’s destination but decided not to contact her.

Xu Chunniang arrived at the island market near the Immortal Palace Ruins and discovered how expensive its rare wares were. After watching cultivators scramble for Golden Core Pills, she continued browsing the market.

• Xu Chunniang saw a Vermillion Bird Warship pass her flying shuttle and continued toward the island market.
• The Immortal Palace Token’s resonance vanished near the island, and Xu Chunniang paid ten thousand spirit stones to enter.
• Xu Chunniang explored the market and found its spiritual items far beyond ordinary prices.
• Xu Chunniang watched Golden Core cultivators crowd a pill shop and quickly buy up its Golden Core Pills.
• Xu Chunniang continued through the market as vendors advertised rare crafting materials and tools.

Xu Chunniang followed a suspicious female cultivator from Spring Return Pavilion to a teahouse after resisting her Bewitching Technique and pretending to fall under its influence. She remained wary as the woman explained why her supposed alchemist friend sold pills discreetly.

• Xu Chunniang noticed that a man and a woman had been following her and entered Spring Return Pavilion to draw them out.
• A pretty female cultivator interrupted Xu Chunniang's attempt to buy Golden Core Pills and offered to introduce her to an alchemist with cheaper pills.
• The female cultivator used a Bewitching Technique, but Xu Chunniang quickly regained her clarity and pretended to remain bewitched so she could investigate.
• Xu Chunniang followed the woman to a teahouse, declined to drink the Spirit Tea, and heard her claim that her alchemist friend had angered a powerful cultivator from Ancestral Island.

Xu Chunniang bought Golden Core Pills from a graceful female cultivator and her alchemist friend, though she remained suspicious of the woman's intentions. The sale ended with the scholar leaving and the woman arranging to sell his next batch of pills, then calling him back.

• The graceful female cultivator befriended Xu Chunniang by agreeing with her complaints about Spring Return Hall and brought in her alchemist friend.
• Xu Chunniang inspected the three top-grade and ten high-grade Golden Core Pills and found them genuine.
• Despite suspecting the graceful female cultivator had a scheme, Xu Chunniang bought all the pills for two hundred seventy-eight thousand spirit stones.
• The middle-aged scholar gave the graceful female cultivator her thirty-thousand-spirit-stone commission and prepared to leave.
• The graceful female cultivator called the middle-aged scholar back as he was leaving.

Xu Chunniang discovered that two cultivators were trying to sell her a counterfeit Immortal Palace Token, despite their claims that it was genuine and offered at the market price. She left the token in their hands as the graceful female cultivator urged her to buy it.

• The graceful female cultivator and the middle-aged scholar revealed that the scholar supposedly possessed an Immortal Palace Token and invited Xu Chunniang to inspect it.
• The graceful female cultivator claimed the token was being sold at market value after a cultivator from the Ancestral Island had tried to force the scholar to sell it cheaply.
• The middle-aged scholar removed the token's restrictions and let Xu Chunniang examine it.
• Xu Chunniang recognized the token as a counterfeit because she already owned a genuine, blood-bound Immortal Palace Token.
• The graceful female cultivator pressed Xu Chunniang to buy the fake, warning that the opportunity might not come again.

Xu Chunniang negotiated to buy an Immortal Palace Token, claiming she lacked enough spirit stones and offering her collected spirit artifacts to make up the difference. After the seller agreed to buy the artifacts, Xu Chunniang insisted she pay for them separately, leaving the seller suspicious that Xu Chunniang had recognized the token was forged.

• Xu Chunniang said she could not afford the Immortal Palace Token because she had spent most of her spirit stones and refused to part with her Golden Core Pills or familiar magic artifacts.
• The graceful female cultivator offered to buy Xu Chunniang’s spare spirit artifacts, and Xu Chunniang produced twenty-six damaged or unusual Grade Two Low-grade artifacts.
• Xu Chunniang described the artifacts’ value to her as an artifact-refining collection, but agreed to sell them after the graceful female cultivator offered three hundred thousand spirit stones.
• Xu Chunniang insisted the graceful female cultivator pay her the three hundred thousand spirit stones before applying them to the token’s price.
• The graceful female cultivator privately asked the middle-aged scholar whether Xu Chunniang had seen through the token’s forgery, and he insisted that was impossible.

Xu Chunniang sold worthless items to the graceful female cultivator for four hundred thousand Spirit Stones, then refused to buy the fake Immortal Palace Token and resisted the cultivators’ Bewitching Technique. The scheme was exposed, and the middle-aged scholar threatened her as the dispute turned hostile.

• Xu Chunniang accepted three hundred thousand Spirit Stones for the fake Immortal Palace Token, then sold the graceful female cultivator old spirit items for another hundred thousand.
• When the middle-aged scholar offered the token for one million eighty thousand Spirit Stones, Xu Chunniang said she wanted a few more days to consider it.
• The graceful female cultivator tried to use her Bewitching Technique, but Xu Chunniang resisted it with her divine sense and Heart Calming Incantation.
• The graceful female cultivator angrily demanded that Xu Chunniang return the Spirit Stones, but Xu Chunniang refused and pointed out that both sides had completed the transactions.
• The middle-aged scholar realized Xu Chunniang likely had a genuine Immortal Palace Token and threatened her for making enemies on the island.

Xu Chunniang refused to return the spirit stones demanded by the siblings who had tried to trap her, then spent five months refining a Spirit Gathering Formation disk and its flags. When she finally left the inn, she found the marketplace strangely empty and its shops closed.

• Xu Chunniang refused the middle-aged scholar and graceful female cultivator's demand for her spirit stones, and they let her leave rather than risk being expelled from the island.
• The graceful female cultivator secretly followed Xu Chunniang to her inn and bribed an attendant for limited information about her room.
• Xu Chunniang spent more than four months refining a Spirit Gathering Formation disk, then finished its eight formation flags in less than a month.
• Xu Chunniang left the inn intending to repair her damaged Five Elements formation disks before attempting the Great Yin Dragon Devouring Formation.
• Xu Chunniang found the marketplace deserted, with the shops shut and no one in the streets.

Xu Chunniang followed the Immortal Palace Token to the waters where cultivators awaited the appearance of the Immortal Palace Ruins. The ruins emerged as a phantom, and the Qi Clan’s Seventh Brother resented that others had been chosen for an early inheritance trial instead of him and his sister.

• Xu Chunniang sensed a new direction from her Immortal Palace Token, flew east, and joined the Rogue Cultivators waiting for the ruins.
• A tiny black dot appeared in the sky, and cultivators from the Immortal Islands and Ancestral Islands watched for the ruins to descend.
• An elderly man and a palace-robed woman discussed the rarity of being chosen for an early inheritance trial and the Qi Clan’s efforts to improve its fortune.
• The black dot expanded into a phantom of the Immortal Palace, and cultivators who tried to enter passed through it.
• Seventh Brother and his companion disparaged the Rogue Cultivators, while Seventh Brother complained that he and his sister had not been chosen.

The Qi Family used a formation to send three Golden Core cultivators into the Immortal Palace Ruins ahead of their opening, while other clans debated the gamble and Rogue Cultivators began leaving after missing their chance at tokens. As the remaining cultivators gathered, Ao Family member Ao and Feng Nitian clashed over whether the Ao Family could be trusted to protect Rogue Cultivators.

• The Qi Family Head and six Nascent Soul cultivators activated a formation that sent three Golden Core cultivators into the ruins, though the Qi Family Head warned that their success still depended on fortune.
• Cultivators from other clans discussed the Qi Family’s attempt to transform fortune, while most Rogue Cultivators who lacked tokens left the island.
• An Ao Family member offered to protect Rogue Cultivators who followed him into the ruins.
• Feng Nitian accused the Ao Family of letting Rogue Cultivators suffer the worst casualties, and the Ao Family member defended his clan’s reputation.
• Feng Nitian rejected the Ao Family’s claim to rank first among the Ancestral Islands and declared that her Feng Family did not fear it.

The great families and Rogue Cultivators formed separate groups to enter the Immortal Palace Ruins, while Xu Chunniang was overlooked because of her low cultivation. As the Zhu Family sought Formation Masters, a White Tiger Li Family cultivator arrived to recruit them too.

• Ao Xingyun and Feng Nitian stopped bickering when another cultivator urged them to fight, and the Vermilion Bird Young Master invited several Rogue Cultivators to join the Zhu Family.
• A Black-robed Sword Cultivator refused the Vermilion Bird Young Master's invitation, and Lotus Fairy and Evil Buddha urged Rogue Cultivators to form their own groups.
• The great families and Rogue Cultivator organizations assembled teams and departed, while Xu Chunniang and other early Golden Core cultivators were left without invitations.
• The Vermilion Bird Young Master rejected a cultivator who offered artifact-refining skills and said his team needed Formation Masters.
• A female cultivator from the White Tiger Li Family offered protection to cultivators skilled in Level 2 Formations, then exchanged sharp words with the Vermilion Bird Young Master.

Xu Chunniang prepared for the Immortal Palace Ruins alone, purchasing pills and formation materials while an unknown female cultivator watched her with killing intent. When the ruins opened, Xu Chunniang was transported inside and awoke in a vast wasteland of ruins.

• Xu Chunniang declined an invitation to explore with a female cultivator, later revealed by others to be the daughter of the Bai Family, and chose to enter the ruins alone.
• Xu Chunniang bought Golden Core Pills from Spring Return Hall and formation materials from Myriad Formations Pavilion.
• Xu Chunniang spotted a hostile female cultivator whose concealment and Bewitching Technique she remembered from her arrival on the island.
• After two or three days, the Immortal Palace Token grew hot, the phantom became real, and the tokens enveloped and transported the cultivators inside.
• Xu Chunniang regained consciousness in a wasteland of ruins, and her Immortal Palace Token had disappeared.

Xu Chunniang escaped a sorrowful domain in the Immortal Palace Ruins and continued exploring cautiously. She discovered a restricted Jade Box that released lightning when approached, and began assessing its defenses.

• Xu Chunniang resisted the sorrow in a wasteland ruin and fled, only to find herself outside a ruined hall containing a powerful domain.
• Xu Chunniang recognized the courtyard as a Sorrowful Domain formed from laws and left without entering it again.
• Xu Chunniang used Wing-concealing Insects to scout, recovered her spiritual energy in a formation, and resumed her journey.
• A Wing-concealing Insect was killed by lightning near a broken wall, leading Xu Chunniang to discover a restricted Jade Box.
• Xu Chunniang tested the Jade Box's restrictions with her divine sense and endured their lightning attack.

Xu Chunniang broke the Lightning Law restriction and claimed the Jade Box, but a tall, thin cultivator ambushed her to seize it. She dodged his concealed attacks, though his Silver Snake Shears split and closed in on her from both sides.

• Xu Chunniang used her white jade fan to wear down the Lightning Law restriction until it shattered, then drew the Jade Box to her hand while attacking the cultivator hiding behind her.
• The tall, thin cultivator revealed himself and used his Silver Snake Shears to damage Xu Chunniang's chains, forcing her to defend herself with the white jade fan.
• The cultivator concealed himself again, but Xu Chunniang sensed his approach and evaded his first strike with help from Primordial Heavy Water armor and heightened perception.
• The tall, thin cultivator attacked again, and his Silver Snake Shears split into two silver serpents that closed in on Xu Chunniang from both sides.

Xu Chunniang drove off a late Golden Core cultivator and found an Ice Soul Stone in a Jade Box. After another restriction yielded only ash, Qi Yunluo pursued her, and she turned to fight him with her white jade fan.

• Xu Chunniang used heavy water and the Soul-Fixing Mirror to stop the tall, thin male cultivator’s Silver Snake Shears, prompting him to flee.
• Xu Chunniang avoided pursuing him, recovered her spiritual power, and opened the Jade Box to find an Ice Soul Stone.
• Xu Chunniang traveled through the ruins with her Wing-concealing Insects, but found only ash inside another broken restriction and lost more than half her insects.
• Qi Yunluo spotted Xu Chunniang leaving and pursued her to learn what treasure she had taken.
• Xu Chunniang struck Qi Yunluo with her white jade fan’s wind, and he braced himself as more gusts swept toward him.

Xu Chunniang learned that Qi Yunluo had pursued her to ask about the ruined contents of a Jade Box, and he revealed that his Qi Lineage had temporarily drained his fortune. He tried to persuade her to travel with him to the inheritance site, and she demanded a Heart Demon Oath before trusting him.

• Qi Yunluo stopped fighting and told Xu Chunniang he had pursued her to ask what she found in a restriction.
• Xu Chunniang showed him the Jade Box and its black ash, prompting Qi Yunluo to curse his clan for taking his fortune.
• Qi Yunluo asked Xu Chunniang to travel with him, but she refused despite his offers to share his knowledge and briefly improve her fortune.
• Qi Yunluo warned Xu Chunniang that she was heading toward the dangerous Ancient Battlefield and told her where the inheritance site lay.
• Xu Chunniang questioned Qi Yunluo's honesty and asked him to swear upon his Dao Heart, so he proposed that they each make a Heart Demon Oath.

Xu Chunniang refused to trust Qi Yunluo’s offer and continued toward the Ancient Battlefield, drawn by a mysterious pull. After traveling with Little Orange and Little White, she reached a valley filled with Yin Sha Qi, where her scouting insects quickly perished.

• Xu Chunniang rejected Qi Yunluo’s proposal because she did not trust him and warned him not to follow her.
• Qi Yunluo used his divination disc and earth-yellow bead, spending hazy yellow qi to discover that the Ancient Battlefield was his destination, then headed there.
• After confirming Qi Yunluo was no longer following her, Xu Chunniang felt drawn toward the distant mountains and decided to investigate.
• Xu Chunniang brought out Little Orange and Little White, warned them about the ruins’ dangers, and traveled with them for five or six days.
• Xu Chunniang sent Wing-concealing Insects into a valley filled with Yin Sha Qi, but they died quickly, while Little White sensed terrifying auras inside.

Xu Chunniang entered a valley filled with dense Yin Sha Qi, destroyed the demonic soul hidden in her Primordial Spirit, and encountered a powerful Yin beast. As the beast attacked, Little Orange leaped forward to confront it.

• Xu Chunniang entered the valley with Little Orange and Little White after warning them to hide in the Spirit Beast Pouch if danger arose.
• The demonic soul in Xu Chunniang's Primordial Spirit devoured Yin Sha Qi, so she burned it to death with the Heartfall Flame.
• Xu Chunniang used the Heartfall Flame to protect herself from the valley's overwhelming Yin Sha Qi and suspected the valley was the Ancient Battlefield.
• A huge Yin beast emerged from the Yin Sha Qi and attacked Xu Chunniang, enduring her flames and stomping toward her.
• Little Orange leaped at the Yin beast and sent a pale-blue curtain of light toward it.

Xu Chunniang and her companions hunted Yin beasts and discovered that the Soul-Fixing Mirror consumed their Yin Beast Cores. After absorbing many cores, the mirror’s aura strengthened and it began showing signs of advancing in grade.

• Little Orange killed a Yin beast, and Xu Chunniang identified the green stones inside its skull as Yin Beast Cores.
• Xu Chunniang realized the Yin beast’s head was likely its weakness, but its bones crumbled when she tried to inspect them.
• The Soul-Fixing Mirror trembled at the sight of the Yin Beast Cores and swallowed both of them.
• Xu Chunniang continued hunting Yin beasts with Little Orange and Little White, feeding each core she found to the mirror.
• The Soul-Fixing Mirror’s aura gradually strengthened, and Xu Chunniang determined it might soon advance from a low-grade to a mid-grade magic artifact.