Chapter Summaries

Qi Yuan sold Young Master Tu a Yellow Rank magical artifact whose hidden ability could summon a divine incarnation, then spent much of his earnings on artifact-refining materials. On the way out of the Ghost Market, he revealed his identity as Shen Lingxuan’s husband and killed five robbers who tried to take his money.

• Qi Yuan sold Young Master Tu a magical artifact for one thousand taels and convinced him to pay another ten thousand taels to activate its Summon God ability.
• Qi Yuan bought a Storage Magical Artifact and other artifact-refining materials at the Ghost Market.
• Five Weapon Wielders ambushed Qi Yuan and demanded his silver and Storage Magical Artifact.
• Qi Yuan revealed himself as the Shen Family’s live-in son-in-law and identified the robbers as Wang Kanshan, Fang Tai, Lin Hu, and their two companions.
• Wang Kanshan ordered the others to kill Qi Yuan, but Qi Yuan outmaneuvered and killed all five robbers.

Qi Yuan questioned Fang Shisan after the Radiant Light Society member turned himself in, but Fang Shisan died by suicide before revealing what Qi Yuan had given away. Qi Yuan traced the event to July 21 and set out for a Spirit Nurturing Ground, while Young Master Tu was ordered by a Thorns of Blood elder to gather rare materials.

• Qi Yuan questioned Fang Shisan, who admitted killing Lao Zhong because Qi Yuan had given something away, then committed suicide after proclaiming the Radiant Light Society's cause.
• Qi Yuan used his nose to determine that the live-in son-in-law Qi Yuan had given something away on July 21, though he could not discover what it was.
• Chen Kangbao told Qi Yuan about a Spirit Nurturing Ground in Fengshan County that even Earth Rank Weapon Wielders could not enter, and Qi Yuan decided to investigate it.
• Young Master Tu met a crow that was the incarnation of a Thorns of Blood elder, who demanded that he collect a list of precious materials by the day after tomorrow.

Qi Yuan and Chen Kangbao investigated Kunling Ferry, where Thorns of Blood had drowned its residents to create a Spirit Nurturing Ground, then went to the Ghost Market to buy supplies and sell artifacts. There, they reunited with the two veiled women and Young Master Tu, whose extravagant purchases astonished the petite woman.

• Qi Yuan and Chen Kangbao met a frost-voiced woman and her petite junior sister by the Weishui River, where the frost woman invited them to an Artifact Refinement Assembly.
• Qi Yuan asked the frost woman to become his mount, prompting the two women to leave and later speculate that he and Chen Kangbao were lunatics.
• The women inspected Kunling Ferry, while Qi Yuan and Chen Kangbao learned Thorns of Blood had flooded it to raise Malevolent Spirits from its drowned residents.
• Qi Yuan decided he needed gas masks and large drones to enter Kunling Ferry, then bought materials at the Ghost Market and resumed selling artifacts.
• The petite woman bought Qi Yuan's speaker for ninety-nine taels, and she was shocked when Young Master Tu arrived and Qi Yuan offered him two light swords for 21,998 taels.

Qi Yuan sold a few artifacts at the Black Market, refused an invitation to join Heavenly Craft Hall, and learned that Shen Lingfeng’s sister had briefly returned home. Meanwhile, Young Master Tu’s ambush of Elder Black Crow revealed a larger plot involving the powerful Elder Winged Serpent, who threatened the Tu party after retrieving a mysterious item.

• Qi Yuan sold unranked artifacts to the petite woman, who invited him to join Heavenly Craft Hall; he refused her terms but accepted the Hall’s token.
• Shen Lingfeng told Qi Yuan that his sister had returned briefly and warned him that many people coveted her special constitution.
• Young Master Tu brought Uncle Tu Four and Elder Zhan Lei to confront Elder Black Crow at Kunling Ferry, where their hidden explosives wounded him.
• Elder Winged Serpent appeared, revealed that Black Crow had retrieved an item for the Commissioner, and asked about a still-living person.
• Elder Winged Serpent declared that he would make the three Tu Family members his appetizers, leaving them terrified before the peak Earth Rank Weapon Wielder.

Young Master Tu summoned Qi Yuan’s divine incarnation, which destroyed Elder Winged Serpent, Elder Black Crow, and the Malevolent Spirits in Kunling Ferry. The incarnation’s strike left Qi Yuan drained but raised him to level 96, and he had Chen Kangbao carry him toward the ferry to loot the corpses.

• Elder Winged Serpent overpowered Zhan Lei and prepared to kill her and Uncle Tu Four while Young Master Tu drew his light sword.
• Young Master Tu activated the sword’s Summon God ability, and a radiant incarnation appeared before him.
• Elder Winged Serpent and Elder Black Crow fled into Kunling Ferry, but the incarnation struck them and several hundred Malevolent Spirits down with one sword slash.
• The incarnation dissipated, and Young Master Tu told Uncle Tu Four and Zhan Lei that he had bought the sword at the Ghost Market; the three decided to return and seek the seller.
• Qi Yuan revealed that his God Descends as Me strike had raised him to level 96 but depleted his strength, then asked Chen Kangbao to carry him to Kunling Ferry.

Qi Yuan and Chen Kangbao explored Kunling Ferry, where Qi Yuan recovered a Divine Wood Token and learned that Thorns of Blood was hunting its holders to turn the divine tree into a Malevolent Spirit. After fleeing back to Shen Residence, Qi Yuan received a list of Thorns of Blood members and their secret commands so he could collect travel money.

• Chen Kangbao carried the weakened Qi Yuan into Kunling Ferry, where they found the remains of Elder Black Crow and the Winged Serpent.
• Qi Yuan found his wooden box among the Winged Serpent's belongings and opened it to discover a Divine Wood Token that connected him to a messaging group.
• Ji Wuyun warned Qi Yuan that Thorns of Blood was hunting token holders and wanted to corrupt the divine tree, while a Thorns of Blood staff member agreed to cooperate with Qi Yuan.
• Qi Yuan asked the Thorns of Blood staff member for travel money and learned that the Divine Wood Abyss would open in less than two years.
• Chen Kangbao bit the Winged Serpent's bone, poisoned his mouth, and had to eat through his nose after he and Qi Yuan returned to Shen Residence.
• The Thorns of Blood staff member sent Qi Yuan information and secret commands for 372 members in Ning Country, and Qi Yuan set out to collect their silver.

Qi Yuan sent intelligent drones across Ning Country to collect debts, earning two million taels while recovering from using Divine Descent as Me. As he prepared to travel to Lord Mountain Lake for the Artifact Refinement Assembly, he enlisted Shen Lingfeng to help him pour bathwater for his mother-in-law, hoping to advance his live-in son-in-law roleplay.

• Qi Yuan outfitted 107 drones with hidden energy and intelligent chips, assigned them debt-collection targets, and sent them across Ning Country.
• A Green Snake drone confronted Tu Jingshi, demanded his banknotes, and burrowed into his trousers while he went to fetch the money.
• Qi Yuan’s drones returned with two million taels in banknotes, though one was lost after colliding with a Malevolent Spirit.
• Qi Yuan told Shen Lingfeng he would attend Master Chen’s test and visit Lord Mountain Lake, then coached him to apologize and ask his parents for a little sister.
• After Shen Lingfeng reported that his parents had reacted favorably, Qi Yuan helped him carry hot flower-petal bathwater to the main courtyard and stopped at the entrance while Shen Lingfeng set it down.

Qi Yuan awakened Yin Yang White Fire, dramatically improving his artifact-refining ability, and prepared to join the Shen Family at the Artifact Refiner Assembly at Lord Mountain Lake. Before the trip, he planned to leave his live-in-son-in-law role behind and improve his kitchen-knife roleplay.

• Madam Shen whipped Shen Lingfeng for secretly adding scallions, ginger, and garlic to her bathwater, while Qi Yuan’s live-in-son-in-law roleplay progress reached 70%.
• Qi Yuan received Yin Yang White Fire, used it to melt Heaven-grade Wind Radiance Gold, and realized he could attempt Earth Rank artifacts.
• Chen Xianwei invited Qi Yuan to the Artifact Refiner Assembly at Lord Mountain Lake, where young refiners would discuss repairing Majestic Dragon Xuanyuan, and Qi Yuan asked about its reward.
• Qi Yuan rapidly forged a Mystic Origin Spear with Yin Yang White Fire, impressing Chen Xianwei, who recorded Qi Yuan’s insights and hurried off to report his talent.
• Wu Zhen tried to show off his disciple’s artifact to Chen Xianwei, but Chen dismissed it as crude, leaving Wu to suspect Qi Yuan was exceptionally talented.
• Qi Yuan decided to leave the Shen Family’s grounds during the trip and improve his kitchen-knife roleplay by forging himself a protective casing.

Qi Yuan transmitted his insights to the river fish and taught Zhan Wenyu a lifespan-extending Turtle Transformation Art. Young Master Tu recognized Qi Yuan as the mysterious powerhouse he had suspected, while Qi Yuan invited the others to bully him.

• As the ship traveled toward the Artifact Refiner Assembly, Zhan Wenyu planned to provoke Qi Yuan, Shen Lingxuan's husband, while discussing Shen's beauty and Profound Yin Body with Young Master Tu and a disciple of the Ancient Thunder Gate.
• Qi Yuan spoke about the Dao to the fish beneath the ship, drawing them together and guiding Zhan Wenyu into a realization.
• Zhan Wenyu bowed to Qi Yuan and asked to learn the Dao of longevity, then gave him eighty thousand taels in exchange for instruction.
• Qi Yuan taught Zhan Wenyu a chapter of the Turtle Transformation Art, promising it could grant three thousand years of life and telling him to accumulate good fortune through good deeds.
• Young Master Tu's magical artifact turned red when he approached Qi Yuan, leading him to realize Qi Yuan was the mysterious powerhouse behind the Red Cloud Village incident.
• When the white-robed disciple mocked Zhan Wenyu for bowing to Qi Yuan, Zhan defended his new teacher, and Qi Yuan urged them all to bully him gently.

Qi Yuan arrived at Lord Mountain Lake and tried to leave the Shen Family’s base in disguise so he could find a cook and advance his Kitchen Knife role. Meanwhile, Shen Lingxuan stayed on guard against the Water Lord and the Old Devils targeting her, and Qi Yuan’s escape ended with a pursuer mistaking Chen Kangbao for the infamous Grandmaster Hengshan.

• Young Master Tu recognized Qi Yuan as the light-sword seller, but Qi Yuan refused to sell him another magical artifact and sent him away with Zhan Wenyu.
• Qi Yuan asked the Divine Wood Token group how to remove Thorns of Blood’s detection mark, and the Thorns of Blood staff member offered him Thorns Cleansing Dew if he visited Divine Wood Abyss.
• The giant ship recovered ninety-eight fishermen’s bodies after a clash between the Heavenly Sect and the Water Lord before reaching Lord Mountain Lake.
• Zhi Shuang told Qi Yuan that Shen Lingxuan was guarding the lake, while Wang Qingyi warned Shen Lingxuan that Old Devils, including Grandmaster Hengshan, were pursuing her and promised protection for the Shen Family.
• Qi Yuan transformed himself into a kitchen knife and Chen Kangbao into a chameleon, then had Chen Kangbao carry him away from the Shen Family’s base.
• A burly man following them mistook Chen Kangbao for Grandmaster Hengshan and demanded that he reveal his human form.

Qi Yuan killed Feng Tie with the sentient Kitchen Knife and found letters revealing that Hengshan planned to meet him at Immortal Cloud Temple. As Shen Lingxuan prepared to confront the conspirators there, Qi Yuan arrived, offered to help her, and demonstrated a sword strike that stopped the rain.

• Feng Tie recognized Chen Kangbao’s disguise and demanded the Kitchen Knife, then died when Qi Yuan emerged from it and slashed him.
• Qi Yuan looted Feng Tie and found letters about Hengshan’s planned exploration of a new Underground Palace in Ten Thousand Mountains Abyss and a meeting at Immortal Cloud Temple in five days.
• Shen Lingxuan learned Qi Yuan had disappeared and told Zhi Shuang to investigate Chen Kangbao, while Xie Danran offered to protect her and she rejected him.
• At Immortal Cloud Temple, Shen Lingxuan hid in the rain as she prepared to ambush Hengshan’s allies, but Qi Yuan spotted her and offered to help in exchange for making her his mount.
• Qi Yuan asked to borrow Shen Lingxuan’s sword momentum, formed a sword from rainwater, and stopped the rain with a powerful strike.

Qi Yuan killed Grandmaster Hengshan and his accomplices, then used Hengshan’s mysterious card to learn about Void Paradise and the powerful Void Realm Master. He sent Chen Kangbao to find a cook for his Kitchen Knife, and Chen approached Jiang Yunxi, who was stunned when he revealed private knowledge about her.

• Grandmaster Hengshan’s warning card glowed, but a water sword killed him and three other Earth Rank Weapon Wielders before he could escape.
• Shen Lingxuan recognized the sword’s skill, grew wary of Qi Yuan, and fled when he suggested she become his mount.
• Qi Yuan searched the corpses, found a fortune and Grandmaster Hengshan’s Illusion Technique card, and learned about Void Walkers, the Zhou Universe, and the Void Realm Master.
• Qi Yuan told Chen Kangbao to find a cook for the Kitchen Knife, and Chen advertised it in the market for 999 taels.
• Chen Kangbao approached Jiang Yunxi with the Kitchen Knife, but she rejected his sales pitch and threatened to take him to the yamen.
• After Qi Yuan prompted him, Chen Kangbao revealed Jiang Yunxi’s name and childhood secret, leaving her shocked and asking how he knew.

Jiang Yunxi was tricked into training as a cook with Qi Yuan’s Kitchen Knife, which awakened its intelligence as she chopped. Qi Yuan then sent her to hunt malevolent fish in Lord Mountain Lake, while her guards followed, unconvinced that Chen Kangbao was anything but a muddleheaded swindler.

• Chen Kangbao persuaded Jiang Yunxi to buy the Kitchen Knife and spend days chopping vegetables and making steamed buns as the first steps toward saving the world.
• Yun Li and Yun Hu secretly watched over Jiang Yunxi, and Yun Li dismissed Chen Kangbao as a skilled swindler.
• Jiang Yunxi discovered that she had been chopping with the Kitchen Knife’s sheath still on, then continued her cooking training for three days.
• Qi Yuan spoke to Jiang Yunxi through the Kitchen Knife after her earnest chopping awakened its intelligence and strengthened its body to rival a Heaven Rank magical artifact.
• Qi Yuan told Jiang Yunxi that she would catch and kill malevolent fish in Lord Mountain Lake, and she eagerly agreed.
• Yun Li and Yun Hu followed Jiang Yunxi’s skiff as she asked an ordinary fish to lead her to malevolent fish, while Yun Hu doubted that such creatures were there at all.

Jiang Yunxi trained by killing malevolent fish and bought rare materials to evolve Qi Yuan’s Kitchen Knife into a lightning weapon. When she unleashed its power against a vast school of malevolent fish at Lord Mountain Lake, her guards witnessed the attack but found that she and her boat had vanished.

• Jiang Yunxi killed malevolent fish at Lord Mountain Lake while Qi Yuan explained that the fish were increasing in number.
• The Water Snake Elder learned that a young girl had killed one of his fish and ordered more released to turn the lake into a Malevolent Domain.
• Jiang Yunxi bought more than three hundred thousand taels’ worth of materials at Heavenly Craft Hall so Qi Yuan could gain a lightning attribute, and she told Ye Zhen she was training to save the world.
• The Town Mountain King and Wang Qingyi discussed Jiang Yunxi’s mysterious benefactor, the growing danger from the Water Lord, and the Central Lands’ search for the God of Judgement, God Descends.
• After Qi Yuan evolved, Jiang Yunxi returned to the lake and used the Kitchen Knife to electrocute thousands of malevolent fish in a single slash.
• Yun Hu and Yun Li saw the lightning attack but then found Jiang Yunxi and her boat had disappeared, so they decided to search for her and report the incident to the Prince.

Jiang Yunxi and Qi Yuan hunted malevolent fish in Lord Mountain Lake while the Heavenly Sect learned that over a hundred had appeared and debated how to stop the Nether Pupil Water Lord. The chapter ended with Qi Yuan urging a frightened Jiang Yunxi to confront the Water Lord and turn it into filling for buns.

• Jiang Yunxi headed deeper into Lord Mountain Lake after Qi Yuan told her to kill more malevolent fish, but Xie Danran tried to stop her until Ye Zhen vouched for her.
• A Heavenly Sect disciple brought Xie Danran a newly discovered malevolent fish, and the leaders later learned that over a hundred malevolent fish had appeared in the lake.
• The Town Mountain King proposed seeking help from Heaven Rank Weapon Wielders from Rakshasa Country, who had come to Ning Country searching for a god.
• Xie Danran proposed offering Shen Lingxuan’s Profound Yin Body to the Heaven Rank Weapon Wielders, but the Tu Family Head and others condemned his plan.
• Yun Li and Yun Hu reported that Jiang Yunxi had electrocuted many fish and disappeared, while Jiang Yunxi and Qi Yuan continued toward the malevolent fish’s nest.
• Qi Yuan overturned Jiang Yunxi’s boat and urged her to face the Nether Pupil Water Lord, telling her to mince it into filling for buns.

Jiang Yunxi used the Kitchen Knife to kill Water Snake Elder, Thorns of Blood’s members, and Nether Pupil Water Lord, while the Heavenly Sect and Town Mountain King searched for her. After the search party found her triumphant inscription, Qi Yuan prepared to leave the Kitchen Knife role, and Jiang Yunxi revealed it was her birthday.

• Water Snake Elder discovered that tens of thousands of Malevolent Fish were dying at the outlet, then found Jiang Yunxi electrocuting them with the Kitchen Knife.
• Qi Yuan gave Water Snake Elder Thorns of Blood’s secret phrase, reported his refusal to hand over silver, and guided Jiang Yunxi as she killed Water Snake Elder and the gray-robed old man.
• Town Mountain King learned that Jiang Yunxi had disappeared and that Thorns of Blood had a Spirit Nurturing Ground beneath Lord Mountain Lake, so he joined a group of Earth Rank Weapon Wielders to investigate.
• The search party found the underwater palace filled with dead Malevolent Fish and Thorns of Blood members, then discovered Nether Pupil Water Lord’s corpse and Jiang Yunxi’s inscription claiming credit for killing it.
• On a small skiff, Jiang Yunxi celebrated her success with Qi Yuan, who said he was leaving the Kitchen Knife role; she told him it was her birthday and worried he was angry with her.

After completing the Kitchen Knife role-play, Qi Yuan unlocked the Blind Artifact Refiner and learned that starting the role would leave him blind unless he completed it perfectly. Meanwhile, Jiang Yunxi gained fame for slaying the Nether Pupil Water Lord, and Qi Yuan warned her that Xie Danran was disguising his wicked nature before preparing to leave.

• Jiang Yunxi wrote a dramatic diary entry about defeating the Nether Pupil Water Lord while Qi Yuan received the wood-vitality reward for completing the Kitchen Knife role-play.
• Qi Yuan unlocked the Blind Artifact Refiner, inherited his artifact-refining knowledge, and learned of his connection to the mysterious organization that had recruited Son-in-Law Qi Yuan's father.
• Qi Yuan realized that beginning the Blind Artifact Refiner role would make him blind and that he would have to complete it perfectly, so he decided to strengthen himself before the role forced him to start.
• News spread that Jiang Yunxi had killed the Nether Pupil Water Lord, and she became celebrated while keeping a low profile and studying artifact-refining texts.
• Xie Danran tried to win Jiang Yunxi's favor with a tearful explanation, but Qi Yuan persuaded her that his polished behavior proved he was skilled at hiding his wickedness.
• Jiang Yunxi resolved to have Xie Danran killed, while Qi Yuan told her he would leave the next day after giving her one final lesson.

Qi Yuan learned that the voice he heard came from an inscription linked to Divine Wood Abyss, while Heaven Rank Weapon Wielders from Rakshasa Country arrived in Ning Country seeking God's Descent and Shen Lingxuan. He sent Young Master Tu to the capital with a light sword and permission to summon a god, then set out to visit his wife at the Heavenly Sect.

• Princess Jiang Yunxi's black-robed assassin killed Xie Danran, and Chen Kangbao dissolved the corpse so it could not become a Malevolent Spirit.
• Zhou Xun apologized to Wang Qingyi for Xie Danran and discussed the Kitchen Knife artifact, while Wang Qingyi urged Shen Lingxuan to return to the sect; Shen Lingxuan agreed and left for Heaven Wood Mountain with Zhi Shuang.
• Qi Yuan asked a Thorns of Blood member about the words he heard and learned they were inscribed on a broken stele at Divine Wood Abyss, possibly in connection with its divine tree.
• Fifth Wei dismissed the threat of God's Descent and ordered Mo Sankong to demand that Shen Lingxuan become his maid.
• Qi Yuan realized he could not level up without devouring another person's Unity of Heaven and Man, then learned Rakshasa Heaven Rank Weapon Wielders had come to the capital seeking God's Descent.
• Qi Yuan sent Young Master Tu to the capital with a modified light sword and another chance to summon a god, then prepared to visit Shen Lingxuan at the Heavenly Sect.

Qi Yuan traveled toward the Heavenly Sect, ate a dead Spirit Body Gu, and learned that Shen Lingxuan had gone to Ten Thousand Mountains Abyss amid a crisis involving a Heaven Rank Weapon Wielder and a Divine Artifact Embryo. He left for Ten Thousand Mountains Abyss, hoping to find Shen Lingxuan and powerful White Moonlights.

• Qi Yuan mocked Thorns of Blood for having only five God Rank Weapon Wielders, while its staff member challenged him to change the Green Mountain Realm’s fate.
• On the road to the Heavenly Sect, Qi Yuan met Tu Sihai, who used a Disaster Suppression Bronze Mirror to reveal a dead Spirit Body Gu following him; Qi Yuan swallowed it and gained some power.
• Tu Sihai told Qi Yuan that a Divine Artifact Embryo had appeared in Ten Thousand Mountains Abyss and invited him to join the expedition, but Qi Yuan declined to visit his wife first.
• At the Heavenly Sect, Wang Qingyi told Qi Yuan that Shen Lingxuan was away and urged him to return to Fengshan County; Qi Yuan overheard her thoughts and learned Shen Lingxuan had secretly gone to Ten Thousand Mountains Abyss to escape Mo Sankong.
• Qi Yuan set off for Ten Thousand Mountains Abyss, then blessed Chen Kangbao and used a Meng Hu to help him pull the carriage faster.

Qi Yuan reached the ruins, defeated Mo Shankong and a would-be attacker, and recruited allies while searching for Mo Sankong and Shen Lingxuan. Inside the ruins, Shen Lingxuan read a diary about the attempt to create fragments of the Light Wonder Treasure and realized Master Qi had joined the effort.

• Qi Yuan arrived at the inn and demanded that Mo Sankong answer for bullying his wife, but he mistook Mo Shankong for him and defeated Mo Shankong with a single blow.
• Wang Dao told Qi Yuan that Mo Sankong had entered through the ruins’ seventeenth black door northeast of the ruins, and Qi Yuan agreed to protect Wang Dao and invited Tu Sihai’s group to join him.
• Qi Yuan paid the Weapon Wielders to tell Shen Lingxuan that her husband had come, then killed Carefree Cloud Old Man when he tried to steal from and attack him.
• Qi Yuan led his new companions into the ruins to find Mo Sankong, explaining that Shen Lingxuan was his nominal wife and that his technology could locate her through the silver notes.
• Shen Lingxuan read a diary describing the effort to create fragments of the Light Wonder Treasure and concluded that Master Qi had joined the project.