Chapter Summaries

Yang Shan and Su Yitang reached the Hundred Treasures Relic ahead of the other factions and discovered that Yi Chen and Chen Xian had secretly entered first with a dangerous plan. After scouting with a clone, Yang Shan entered with Su Yitang and learned the relic offered three treasure spaces each day, while his good fortune granted him hints toward rare treasures.

• Yang Shan and Su Yitang concealed themselves near the relic and saw Yi Chen and Chen Xian prepare Burning Flame Incense, a poison intended to harm anyone without a Heavenly Flame protecting them.
• After Yi Chen and Chen Xian entered the relic, Su Yitang explained the factions’ agreed departure schedule, and Yang Shan decided to wait and gather intelligence rather than act on a scheme prematurely.
• Yang Shan created a Three Thousand Thunder Illusory Body clone, disguised it with Sea Heart Flame, and sent it into the relic to scout before recalling it.
• Yang Shan and Su Yitang entered the Hundred Treasures Relic and learned that each person could choose up to three Light Spheres per day to seek treasures.
• The system informed Yang Shan that his 109 points of Good Fortune could reveal hints to top-grade or first-grade treasures, and he noticed a blue Light Sphere brighten.
• Yang Shan asked Su Yitang to choose the blue Light Sphere with him, and they prepared to test whether they could enter it together.

Yang Shan and Su Yitang defeated a treasure-guarding puppet in a blue Light Sphere and claimed a White Profound Lotus for Su Yitang. They devised a plan to exploit competition inside the Light Spheres, but in a red Light Sphere, Chen Xian appeared beside the treasure while Xiao Qing and Su Yitang were fighting its guardian.

• Yang Shan, Su Yitang, and Black Da Sha defeated the Mystic Forged Serpent Puppet, and Yang Shan took the White Profound Lotus for Su Yitang.
• Su Yitang summoned Bai Xiao Guai, fed both magical beasts, and discussed the trial’s competitive nature with Yang Shan.
• Su Yitang returned to the ruins hall and entered a red Light Sphere; Xiao Qing followed her, while Yang Shan entered another red Light Sphere marked by Azure Valley Netherwind.
• Su Yitang and Xiao Qing attacked the Tiger Beast Puppet, and Xiao Qing used Hundred Sound Killing Sword to badly damage it.
• Chen Xian appeared beside the fiery-red crystal, prompting Xiao Qing to demand to know what he was doing.

Yang Shan and Su Yitang used disguises and staged encounters to make Xiao Qing and Chen Xian believe they had each been wronged by the other. After Xiao Qing claimed a Fire Spirit Crystal and left, Su Yitang prepared to approach Chen Xian and continue Yang Shan’s plan to turn their rivalry into a real conflict.

• Xiao Qing challenged the disguised Chen Xian, drove him off, then destroyed the guardian puppet and claimed a Seventh-Order Fire Attribute Spirit Crystal.
• Xiao Qing tried to justify keeping the crystal by promising to look after Su Yitang, but she soon left with Yang Shan, who pretended to be injured.
• After Xiao Qing entered another Light Sphere, Su Yitang appeared disguised as Xiao Qing and headed toward Chen Xian’s Light Sphere.
• Yang Shan explained that they had let Xiao Qing keep the crystal because each staged defeat would convince Xiao Qing and Chen Xian that he was stronger and the other was a fraud.
• Su Yitang remarked that Yang Shan was a schemer before entering the Light Sphere to continue the plan.

Yang Shan waited at the Hundred Treasures Relic and discovered that the Yellow Spring Pavilion had arrived with Xin Lian, a prodigy of the Nine Netherworld Python Clan, while a disguised Heavenly Demon Phoenix infiltrated the Xuanming Sect group. With two imperial magical beast clans drawn to the relic, Yang Shan suspected it concealed a major secret and stayed to investigate.

• Yang Shan postponed his final exploration chance so he could watch for the Yellow Spring Pavilion and decide whether to flee or keep pursuing the relic’s treasures.
• Xin Lian detected the poison Yi Chen and Chen Xian had placed at the entrance, neutralized it, and led Wang Chen and the other Yellow Spring Pavilion disciples inside.
• Yang Shan recognized Xin Lian from their past encounter and wondered why the Nine Netherworld Python Clan prodigy knew about the Hundred Treasures Relic.
• Yang Shan found a handsome man posing as a Venerable One who killed a Xuanming Sect disciple, used the disciple’s face and robes as a disguise, and forced three surviving disciples to accompany him.
• Yang Shan identified the disguised man as a Heavenly Demon Phoenix and realized that two imperial magical beast clans had sent prodigies to the relic.
• Su Yitang messaged Yang Shan that he had completed his act by pretending to lose and provoking Chen Xian, and Yang Shan asked why he had rewarded him.

Yang Shan asked Mystic Wrath Thunder Saint about the Hundred Treasures Secret Realm and learned it was part of the Ten Thousand Treasures Ancient Emperor’s legacy, with a token that could grant access to a future Emperor Trove. After weighing the danger posed by the other contenders, Yang Shan left the next move to Su Yitang, while Mystic Wrath Thunder Saint secretly sent out a streak of lightning.

• Yang Shan contacted Mystic Wrath Thunder Saint through the Wind and Thunder Token and asked about the Hundred Treasures Secret Realm.
• Mystic Wrath Thunder Saint told Yang Shan that the realm belonged to the Ten Thousand Treasures Ancient Emperor and urged him to obtain its Hundred Treasures Token.
• Yang Shan and Su Yitang signed confidentiality agreements before Mystic Wrath Thunder Saint explained the Emperor’s relics and the token’s potential to grant entry to a Ten Thousand Treasures Emperor Trove.
• Yang Shan learned that the token could also save its holder from death inside a Ten Thousand Treasures Secret Realm, and Mystic Wrath Thunder Saint warned him about the Seventh Grade bloodline contenders.
• Yang Shan asked Su Yitang to set the pace while he stayed out of sight, and Mystic Wrath Thunder Saint sent a streak of lightning from the Wind and Thunder Hall.

Mystic Wrath Thunder Saint suspected that the Hundred Treasures Relic heralded the return of the Ten Thousand Treasures Emperor Trove, while Yang Shan prepared to seize its token. After tracking the secret realm’s hidden competitors, Yang Shan staged an exhausted token discovery in an already-explored space and waited for someone to take the bait.

• Mystic Wrath Thunder Saint learned that Yang Shan had obtained several inheritances and considered bringing the Thunder Clan’s young prodigies into the world as a new Ten Thousand Treasures Emperor Trove might be approaching.
• Yang Shan recruited help to gather lightning-attributed magic cores, trained his Three Thousand Thunder Illusory Body, and forged an imitation Hundred Treasures Token.
• Su Yitang watched the secret realm and reported that the disguised Heavenly Demon Phoenix prodigy and Xin Lian waited until others had used their exploration attempts before entering Light Spheres.
• Yang Shan’s first two days of exploration yielded no token, and the marks on explored Light Spheres vanished when the next day began.
• On the third day, Yang Shan entered an already-explored space, planted his imitation token behind a defensive barrier, scattered puppet wreckage, and blasted the island into ruins to make it look as though he had discovered the token after a fierce battle.

Yang Shan and Su Yitang drew rivals to the golden token in Yang Shan’s Light Sphere, where Yi Chen and Xin Lian clashed while trying to seize it. The conflict paused when Huang Chao arrived, broke the barrier, and took the token, leaving Xin Lian startled by his appearance.

• Su Yitang recalled how Murong Yan’s Light Sphere yielded a Seventh Order Rare Spirit Plant to Sound Valley after Xiao Qing and Chen Xian fought over it.
• Chen Xian confronted Yang Shan over the golden token, but Yang Shan exchanged a strike with him before Su Yitang led Yang Shan away.
• Xiao Qing challenged Chen Xian, but Yi Chen revealed himself and attacked Xiao Qing with the Bloodthirsty Bone Melting Hand.
• Xin Lian struck Chen Xian, and Yi Chen intervened before battling Xin Lian over the golden token.
• Xin Lian claimed to be a Soul Clan Heaven’s Chosen, but Huang Chao arrived, shattered the barrier, took the token, and startled Xin Lian.

Yang Shan learned how powerful Huang Chao was and withdrew before the Heaven’s Chosen could fight, then disguised himself as Chen Xian to take control of the remaining explorers at the Hundred Treasures Relic. He left the five disciples searching the Light Sphere spaces for treasures and the real Hundred Treasures Token while he continued exploring himself.

• Yang Shan saw Huang Chao’s panel and decided he was not ready to fight such a powerful opponent, so he and Su Yitang left before Xin Lian and Yi Chen confronted Huang Chao.
• Su Yitang reunited with Murong Yan and Gu Chen, then departed with them while Yang Shan returned alone to the Hundred Treasures Relic.
• Yang Shan watched Huang Chao, Xin Lian, and Yi Chen leave the relic, then overheard Xin Lian and Yi Chen taking Wang Chen and Chen Xian with them to report to their factions.
• Yang Shan used Sea Heart Flame to disguise himself as Chen Xian and entered the relic, where he persuaded the three Xuanming Sect disciples and two Yellow Spring Pavilion disciples to explore Light Sphere spaces for him.
• Yang Shan began another exploration attempt and waited for a hint from “Auspicious Purple Qi Comes From the East.”

Yang Shan entered a silver Light Sphere and found a genuine Hundred Treasures Token, but Yi Chen returned to the relic and confronted him. Yang Shan killed Yi Chen with an ambush powered by his Thunder Illusory Body, earning a global announcement and bonus attributes.

• Yang Shan sent the others away, entered the silver Light Sphere, and found a golden token protected by a durable barrier.
• Yi Chen returned to the hall, used a hidden recording device to trace Yang Shan, and followed him into the Light Sphere.
• Yang Shan and Yi Chen clashed over the token, and Yi Chen boasted that he would kill Yang Shan.
• Yang Shan's hidden Thunder Illusory Body restrained Yi Chen while Yang Shan unleashed an Overload attack.
• Yang Shan killed Yi Chen, triggering a global announcement that awarded him additional Spiritual Root, Comprehension, and Good Fortune.

After killing Yi Chen, Yang Shan learned about the new Heaven's Chosen Kill Rules and searched the Light Sphere island for Yi Chen's drops. The rules could conceal a killer's identity from NPCs, but related factions could still investigate, leaving Yang Shan aware that his actions might have consequences.

• Players reacted with shock to Yang Shan killing Yi Chen, while Su Yitang argued that Yang Shan's victory was natural given his strength against Feng Qing'er.
• The players discussed the Black Ranking tournament, where Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng both lost and could only place sixth at best.
• Yang Shan returned to the Light Sphere island and ordered Black Da Sha to search for Yi Chen's drops while he attacked the damaged shield.
• Su Yitang joined Yang Shan and helped attack the shield, while Black Da Sha found Yi Chen's blood-red Naring.
• Yang Shan selected the Player Encyclopedia's explanation of the new rules, which awarded drops for killing Heaven's Chosen and could impose penalties on players who were killed.
• Yang Shan read that AI Nüwa might conceal killers' identities from NPCs, though related factions could investigate, and found that the rules included him as an example.

Yang Shan escaped the relic hall with Su Yitang and the Hundred Treasures Token after killing Yi Chen, then sent Black Da Sha to eliminate witnesses. In a cave, Yang Shan chose natural treasures from Yi Chen’s drops and found several crystals and a rare sixth-order Marrow Accumulation Spirit Mushroom.

• Yang Shan shattered the relic hall’s barrier, took the Hundred Treasures Token, and fled with Su Yitang while destroying possible recording devices.
• Yang Shan sent Black Da Sha to kill the five people he had marked, then stopped in a cave to recover.
• Su Yitang examined the Hundred Treasures Token and warned that choosing Yi Chen’s cultivation methods or Dou techniques could expose Yang Shan to the Heavenly Underworld Sect.
• Yang Shan chose natural treasures as Yi Chen’s drop category, and the system increased the drop rates through the Good Fortune “Auspicious Purple Qi Comes From the East.”
• Yang Shan found six crystals and a rare sixth-order Marrow Accumulation Spirit Mushroom among the drops, prompting Su Yitang to praise Yi Chen’s generosity.

Yang Shan listed a rare Marrow Accumulation Spirit Mushroom for auction, prompting wealthy players to compete for a chance at a Supreme Foundation. After teasing Su Yitang about their relationship, he watched the bids climb and began refining a Seventh Order Essence Spirit Crystal.

• Yang Shan explained that sixth order Precious Grade Foundation Spiritual Objects had become more obtainable and warned the guild leaders to weigh their rarity, output, and time advantage before bidding.
• Yu Feifei and Jin Shankao competed in the group chat, but Yang Shan clarified that he would list the Marrow Accumulation Spirit Mushroom on the Auction House and offer partners a ten percent discount if they won it.
• Su Yitang playfully pounced on Yang Shan, and AI Nüwa temporarily disabled his senses after detecting dangerously elevated male hormones.
• Yang Shan and Su Yitang joked about their relationship before she opened the Auction House and he set the mushroom’s starting bid at one million for a three-day auction.
• Yang Shan watched the bids climb from one million to six million, then began refining a Seventh Order Essence Spirit Crystal.

Yang Shan returned to the Wind and Thunder East Pavilion after reaching Dou Zong Peak potential and sharing his spirit crystals with Su Yitang. There, he learned Feng Qing'er had brought Huang Chao into the pavilion, and Thunder Lord showed him a recording of the two together.

• Yang Shan refined three seventh-order Essence Spirit Crystals and raised his Extremely Fast Potential to Dou Zong Peak, then gave the remaining crystals to Su Yitang as her share.
• Yang Shan and Su Yitang parted ways, and he returned to the Northern Region to pursue pavilion missions and learn more from the Mystic Wrath Thunder Saint’s remnant soul.
• Wind and Thunder Pavilion disciples welcomed Yang Shan as Young Pavilion Master when he returned to the East Pavilion.
• Yang Shan saw Feng Qing'er rushing past with bloody finger marks on her face and hurried to Thunder Lord for an explanation.
• Thunder Lord told Yang Shan that Feng Qing'er had brought a handsome man into the pavilion five days earlier and showed him an Image Retaining Pearl recording of them together.
• Yang Shan enlarged the image and recognized the man as Huang Chao.

Yang Shan learned that Huang Chao had beaten and humiliated Feng Qing'er while using her to secure a place as a Wind and Thunder Pavilion True Disciple. After Feng Qing'er’s painful past was revealed, Yang Shan approached her, intending to ask about the three things she had promised him.

• Yang Shan watched a recording of Huang Chao insulting Feng Qing'er’s bloodline and Heaven’s Pride status, then defeating her with the suppression of his Eighth Grade Bloodline.
• Huang Chao ordered Feng Qing'er to help him become a True Disciple and offered to make her his concubine, but Feng Qing'er refused and was blasted from the courtyard.
• Thunder Lord explained that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan planned to conceal Huang Chao’s identity until Feng Qing'er helped him secure a discipleship, and he praised her talent beyond her bloodline.
• Feng Qing'er remembered how her parents sacrificed their lives and blood essence to give her a chance to awaken her bloodline and live proudly, and how Huang Chao’s humiliation had changed how she viewed Yang Shan.
• Yang Shan knocked on Feng Qing'er’s door and asked to speak in exchange for using one opportunity tied to the three things she had promised him; Feng Qing'er agreed to talk through the door.

Yang Shan confronted Feng Qing'er about Huang Chao and promised to protect her as Wind and Thunder Pavilion's Young Pavilion Master, then went to challenge Huang Chao. The chapter ended with Yang Shan slapping Huang Chao after Huang Chao tried to ignore him.

• Yang Shan explained Huang Chao's disguised identity and asked Feng Qing'er about his abilities, equipment, and expected breakthrough.
• Feng Qing'er revealed Huang Chao's strength, but Yang Shan vowed to protect her and claimed her contributions made her half a member of Wind and Thunder Pavilion.
• Yang Shan's words unsettled Feng Qing'er, who began to feel that Wind and Thunder Pavilion could be her true home.
• Yang Shan left a trace of Sea Heart Flame for Feng Qing'er to follow and went to find Huang Chao.
• Huang Chao headed to the Mission Hall to earn Contribution Points and become a True Disciple, but Yang Shan stopped him and slapped him for failing to salute.

Yang Shan humiliated Huang Chao with repeated slaps and insults while helping Feng Qing'er maintain her cover. Huang Chao's hostility reached 90, and after Yang Shan escaped, Huang Chao struck Feng Qing'er, whose eyes filled with killing intent.

• Yang Shan slapped Huang Chao repeatedly, while Huang Chao suppressed his urge to attack and conceal his identity.
• Feng Qing'er intervened and fought Yang Shan, secretly cooperating with him as they discussed his plan to help her.
• Yang Shan knocked Feng Qing'er down and called Huang Chao her dog, driving Huang Chao's hostility toward him to 90.
• Yang Shan fled before Huang Chao could defend himself in front of the watching disciples, leaving Huang Chao furious.
• Back at his courtyard, Huang Chao slapped Feng Qing'er and berated her, while she silently formed a deadly intent toward him.

Yang Shan offered Feng Qing'er a chance to become his subordinate, promising access to a rare Ninth Grade Blood Marrow Pearl made from Zhi Hong. Feng Qing'er left after realizing the opportunity could help her preserve her pride, and the system announced that Yang Shan had pushed her development far from its original course.

• Feng Qing'er confronted Yang Shan about his intentions, and he clarified that he wanted her loyalty and abilities as a subordinate rather than as a servant or lover.
• Yang Shan argued that Feng Qing'er could gain the strength to maintain her pride by becoming a Dou Saint and receiving a Ninth Grade Blood Marrow Pearl.
• Yang Shan revealed that Zhi Hong had been refined into a Blood Marrow Pearl held by his Ancient Void Dragon friend, and he offered to seek it as a reward for a loyal Heaven Demon Phoenix subordinate.
• Yang Shan told Feng Qing'er she could refuse and return to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to tell others about the offer, while Feng Qing'er considered how rare such a pearl was.
• Feng Qing'er left after saying she understood, and the system warned that her development had diverged from the game's original course.

Yang Shan planned to recruit Feng Qing'er by offering her a chance to reclaim her pride and gain the Demon Phoenix Blood Marrow Pearl. After Huang Xuan threatened her and Huang Chao demanded Yang Shan’s removal, Feng Qing'er stood up to Huang Chao by threatening to destroy the inheritance jade slip for Three Thousand Thunder Movement.

• Yang Shan concluded that Feng Qing'er’s talent and desperate circumstances would likely drive her to seek his help, while the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan continued to favor bloodline over skill.
• Huang Xuan contacted Feng Qing'er and ordered her to get Huang Chao made a True Disciple, threatening to strip away her family’s status if she failed.
• Feng Qing'er vowed to reclaim her pride, kept the Transmission Token, and resolved to prove her loyalty and ability to Yang Shan for a chance at the Demon Phoenix Blood Marrow Pearl.
• Huang Chao hid in his room after Wind and Thunder Pavilion disciples mocked his appearance, then erupted in anger over Yang Shan.
• Feng Qing'er visited Huang Chao, refused to obey his demand to lure Yang Shan out, and warned him that striking her would make her destroy the Three Thousand Thunder Movement inheritance jade slip.

Feng Qing'er secretly undermined Huang Chao while convincing him she was helping him, then revealed her schemes to Yang Shan. After they discovered Huang Chao had killed the Heavenly Underworld Sect’s Young Sect Master, they began considering how to use that against him, but their discussion was interrupted by an unnamed male visitor surnamed Wu.

• Feng Qing'er defied Huang Chao, gave him a flawed Inheritance Jade Slip, and assigned him a time-consuming task in the Western Region far from the Wind and Thunder Pavilion.
• Feng Qing'er explained to Huang Chao that she was trying to protect him from Yang Shan and promised to help him earn contributions after he returned.
• Feng Qing'er went to Yang Shan and confessed her plan to delay Huang Chao’s progress and use the Heavenly Underworld Sect and Flower Sect to put him at risk.
• Yang Shan revealed that Huang Chao had killed the Heavenly Underworld Sect’s Young Sect Master, and Feng Qing'er offered to alert the sect when Huang Chao arrived in the Western Region.
• Thunder Lord interrupted Yang Shan and Feng Qing’er to report that a male visitor who would only give the surname Wu had come to see Yang Shan.

Yang Shan left the Wind and Thunder Pavilion in secret to reunite with Protector Wu and learn how Hun Dan had risen in the Soul Hall. He learned that Hun Dan had become a Dou Zun and was competing with Hun Xian to become the Young Master of the Extinguish Life Third Vein.

• Yang Shan told Protector Wu that Cheng E would arrive soon, then asked Thunder Lord and Feng Qing'er to help delay Huang Chao's advancement and improve Feng Qing'er's battle skills.
• Yang Shan decided to return to Ancient Dragon Island to seek opportunities before Huang Chao could reach the eighth tier, and he secretly left the Wind and Thunder Pavilion using his Thunder Illusory Body.
• Yang Shan used his Cheng E identity to meet Protector Wu in Eastern Thunder City, where Protector Wu affirmed his loyalty and reported Hun Dan's progress.
• Protector Wu explained that Hun Dan had revealed a Seventh Grade Bloodline, received Soul Hall resources, and broken through to Dou Zun.
• Protector Wu said Hun Dan had challenged Hun Xian for leadership of the Extinguish Life Third Vein, with each given an Earth Fiend Branch Hall to manage, and Yang Shan asked if Hun Dan wanted his help.