Chapter Summaries

Su Changqing bound the incomplete Heavenly Demon Banner, comprehended the Twelve Capital Celestial Demon Array, and then went to the Tiannan Auction in Xuanyuan City. At the entrance, Jin Buhuan demanded entry despite being below Foundation Establishment, and the crowd gathered as he threatened the guards.

• Su Changqing used his blood to bind the Heavenly Demon Banner and witnessed a vision of twelve demon banners forming a Yin-Yang grinding disk on an ancient battlefield.
• Su Changqing comprehended the complete Twelve Capital Celestial Demon Array and realized he could restore the incomplete banner with special spirit materials.
• After several peaceful days, Su Changqing arrived at the Tiannan Auction, where guards led by a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator controlled entry.
• Jin Buhuan arrived in a lavish beast carriage with two mid-stage Core Formation guards and offered ten thousand spirit stones to enter despite lacking Foundation Establishment cultivation.
• A crowd of cultivators jeered in support of Jin Buhuan, who identified himself as the young sect master of the Jinsha Sect and began threatening the guards.

At the Southern Heaven City auction, Xiang Tianyun killed Jin Buhuan and crushed his soul to stop the crowd from causing trouble. Su Changqing entered the auction and watched as Bai Ruxue opened the bidding with a set of swords that drew eager offers.

• Jin Buhuan attacked Xiang Tianyun, who pierced his abdomen and seized his soul.
• Xiang Tianyun identified himself as the Southern Heaven Sect's Tenth Elder and crushed Jin Buhuan's soul, silencing the troublemakers.
• Su Changqing entered the Tiannan Auction hall and waited for the auction to begin.
• Bai Ruxue introduced the Mother-Child Soul Chasing Sword, a set of eight low-grade magical treasures, and began the bidding at three hundred thousand spirit stones.
• Cultivators bid eagerly for the sword set, raising the price from four hundred thousand to six hundred thousand spirit stones.

Su Changqing watched a fierce auction and became determined to obtain a Yellow Springs Pill that would aid his physical cultivation. Skull Old Demon threatened the other bidders, but Su Changqing prepared to compete with him.

• The first set of low-grade magical treasures sold for 850,000 spirit stones, while Su Changqing declined to bid.
• Bai Ruxue offered a Crimson Essence Stone, and Sect Master Long of the Heavenly Dragon Sect outbid her attempt to buy it herself.
• Bidders passed on the Nine Heavens Profound Technique when its price reached three million spirit stones.
• Bai Ruxue presented a Yellow Springs Pill, and Su Changqing decided to wait and assess the competition before bidding.
• Skull Old Demon bid 1.2 million spirit stones and warned everyone not to compete, but Su Changqing resolved to fight for the pill.

Su Changqing won the Yellow Springs Pill after Skull Old Demon and Jin Buhuan yielded their bidding contest, then watched the auction until the Other Shore Flower appeared. The flower could help him advance his Heaven Shading Scripture, and he resolved to obtain it.

• Skull Old Demon and Jin Buhuan drove the Yellow Springs Pill’s price up before Su Changqing bid three and a half million spirit stones, prompting them to yield it to him.
• Su Changqing bought the Yellow Springs Pill for three and a half million spirit stones.
• Jin Buhuan asked Bai Ruxue about the Core Formation Puppet’s origin, but she refused to disclose the seller’s identity under the auction’s rules.
• Jin Buhuan won the Core Formation Puppet for two million spirit stones.
• Bai Ruxue unveiled the Other Shore Flower, and Su Changqing resolved to obtain it for his cultivation.

Su Changqing bid for the Other Shore Flower at Bai Ruxue’s auction, where Dragon Slaying Venerable’s identity prompted cultivators to offer rare treasures. He countered Skull Old Demon’s Nine Heavens Profound Iron with a beast hide bearing the Supreme Treasure Art of the Thunder Emperor, shocking the hall.

• Bai Ruxue revealed that the Other Shore Flower belonged to Dragon Slaying Venerable, a Spirit Transformation Venerable, and that he would accept rare materials in exchange.
• The auction’s cultivators offered increasingly valuable treasures, including Nine Heavens Profound Iron and Skull Old Demon’s Fire Dragon Pill.
• Bai Ruxue confirmed that Dragon Slaying Venerable had listed Nine Heavens Profound Iron among the acceptable items, and she prepared to award the flower.
• Su Changqing interrupted and declared that he would bid for the Other Shore Flower despite Skull Old Demon’s objections.
• Su Changqing offered an ancient beast hide inscribed with the minor Divine Ability Supreme Treasure Art of the Thunder Emperor, stunning the bidders and drawing their greedy attention.

Su Changqing secured the Other Shore Flower by presenting a minor Divine Ability that Bai Ruxue verified, though Skull Old Demon and others still coveted his prize. The auction’s final treasure was revealed as an ancient Nine-Headed Golden Lion egg, leaving the attendees stunned.

• Bai Ruxue examined Su Changqing’s beast hide and confirmed that it contained a genuine minor Divine Ability.
• Skull Old Demon conceded the Other Shore Flower to Su Changqing but secretly planned to seize his belongings later.
• Su Changqing accepted the Other Shore Flower and considered how to escape the people who would target him.
• Bai Ruxue unveiled a sealed ancient beast egg whose roar overwhelmed many people in the auction hall.
• Bai Ruxue identified the egg as belonging to a Nine-Headed Golden Lion, shocking the crowd.

Bai Ruxue auctioned a weak-vitality Nine-Headed Golden Lion egg as Su Changqing decided to leave Southern Heaven City after obtaining the Other Shore Flower from Skull Old Demon. Skull Old Demon ambushed Su Changqing outside the city to demand the treasure, and their battle began with Su Changqing vanishing as blood chains closed in.

• Bai Ruxue revealed that the auction’s final treasure was a Nine-Headed Golden Lion egg and set its starting price at fifty million spirit stones.
• Bidders drove the egg’s price sharply higher, while Su Changqing left the auction hall and flew out of Southern Heaven City despite its air-restriction formation.
• After traveling a thousand miles, Su Changqing sensed Skull Old Demon hiding nearby and challenged him to show himself.
• Skull Old Demon appeared, demanded the Other Shore Flower, and attacked Su Changqing with his Blood River Soul Lock technique.
• Su Changqing summoned the Six Harmonies Mirror and Qing Feng Sword, then vanished as the blood-red chains reached him.

Su Changqing fought Skull Old Demon, using his spatial escape technique, sword, and body cultivation to survive the stronger cultivator’s attacks. He gained an advantage with his thunder dragon, but the battle remained unresolved as Skull Old Demon prepared another attack.

• Su Changqing used the Fanwu Escape Technique to evade Skull Old Demon’s attack and sent the Qing Feng Sword against the Purple Gold Bowl, shaking the surrounding mountains.
• Skull Old Demon used the Blood Sea Dharma Wheel to knock back the Qing Feng Sword, then trapped Su Changqing’s Sword Qi with threads of spiritual power and closed the distance.
• Su Changqing endured Skull Old Demon’s punch with his tempered body and escaped backward with the Fanwu Escape Technique.
• Su Changqing summoned a thunder dragon that forced Skull Old Demon’s Natal Divine Fire back, though Skull Old Demon reinforced his flames with the surrounding spiritual energy until the two forces stalemated.
• Skull Old Demon moved to launch the Purple Gold Bowl at Su Changqing, who drew a Qing Feng Sword to meet him.

Su Changqing battled Skull Old Demon with his Qing Feng Sword, Thousand Flowers Array, and successive sword attacks, but the late Core Formation cultivator endured the assault. Su Changqing fled when he realized he could not win, while Skull Old Demon emerged from the devastation and pursued the clash’s aftermath.

• Su Changqing trapped Skull Old Demon’s escape technique with the Thousand Flowers Array and struck him with the Qing Feng Sword, but Skull Old Demon blocked the attack with the Purple Gold Bowl.
• Su Changqing took spirit pills to replenish his spiritual power and unleashed a vast rain of five-colored flower swords.
• Skull Old Demon used his essence blood to reinforce his golden barrier and push back the sword rain.
• Su Changqing recognized that he was no match for Skull Old Demon and escaped with the Fanwu Escape Technique.
• The battlefield was devastated, and Skull Old Demon emerged from a deep pit as a pillar of light burst into the sky.

After escaping Skull Old Demon, Su Changqing recovered from his injuries and advanced to the Core Formation Middle Stage, gaining a major increase in strength. He then encountered a brother and sister under attack by a Crimson Firebird and prepared to intervene.

• Skull Old Demon received word that the Yin Corpse Sect was under attack and was urgently summoned back, leaving Su Changqing alive.
• Su Changqing escaped several thousand li, carved out a cave, and collapsed unconscious after exhausting his spiritual power and burning his blood essence.
• Three months later, Su Changqing awakened after refining the Yellow Springs Pill, reaching the Core Formation Middle Stage, planting an Other Shore Flower in his Sea of Bitterness, and strengthening his body.
• Su Changqing left the cave and, three days later, found Ouyang Long and his younger sister fighting a late second-rank Crimson Firebird.
• Ouyang Long asked Su Changqing for help, and the Crimson Firebird sent fire serpents toward him.

Su Changqing rescued Ouyang Long and Ouyang Feng from a demonic beast and joined them on their way to the Joyous Union Sect’s Harmony Gathering. They arrived at Chaotic Star Island, where tens of thousands of cultivators had gathered ahead of the event.

• Su Changqing killed the demonic beast threatening Ouyang Long and Ouyang Feng and collected its Demon Core.
• Ouyang Long and Ouyang Feng thanked Su Changqing, invited him to travel with them, and explained that they were headed to the Harmony Gathering.
• Ouyang Long said he hoped to find a Foundation Establishment disciple of the Joyous Union Sect as a partner, while Ouyang Feng hoped to join the sect.
• Su Changqing and the siblings flew east with the other arriving cultivators and reached Chaotic Star Island.
• The three descended onto Chaotic Star Island, where cultivators traded goods while awaiting the Harmony Gathering.

Su Changqing parted from Ouyang Long and his sister after giving them the Demon Core, then spotted a pouch at a market stall that caught his interest. The stall owner, Li Xueyun, feared the Core Formation senior might have designs on her, while her family history revealed why she had grown up outside the Joyous Union Sect.

• Su Changqing gave Ouyang Long the Demon Core as a keepsake and vanished into the market.
• Ouyang Long concluded that Su Changqing was likely a senior expert and told his sister they should remember their debt of gratitude.
• Su Changqing noticed a small pouch at Li Xueyun's stall and asked what it contained.
• Li Xueyun became nervous, suspecting the powerful senior might be interested in her beauty.
• Li Xueyun's mother had left the Joyous Union Sect after falling in love with an independent cultivator and taking the Life-Sharing Fruit with him.
• Leng Ruyue expelled Li Xueyun's mother rather than kill her, and the couple began living as independent cultivators.

Li Xueyun’s parents had died protecting her from a Core Formation demonic beast, and she returned to the Joyous Union Sect with little money and a small bag of mysterious purple rice. Su Changqing recognized the rice as a spiritual item he wanted and offered to buy it, then told Li Xueyun to come with him.

• Li Xueyun’s mother remembered how she had traded cultivation prospects for love, and how she and her husband died fighting a Core Formation demonic beast so their daughter could escape.
• Li Xueyun returned to the Joyous Union Sect after enduring many hardships, but had no spirit stones and failed to sell her shabby wares at the temporary market.
• Su Changqing approached Li Xueyun, whose fear that he intended to exploit her eased when he asked to inspect an item in her bag.
• Su Changqing examined the purple rice and learned Li Xueyun’s wandering cultivator parents had left it to her.
• Su Changqing recognized the rice as Purple Spirit Rice, decided to buy it, and told Li Xueyun to come with him.

Li Xueyun agreed to accompany Su Changqing after he offered to buy the valuable relics left by her parents, but several disciples of the Seven Desires Demon Lord interrupted them. Su Changqing dismissed their threat, and the Joyous Union Sect arrived to confront the troublemakers.

• Su Changqing explained that he wanted to buy Li Xueyun's parents' relics and offered to pay her somewhere safer, and Li Xueyun decided to go with him despite her suspicions.
• Li Xueyun packed away her talismans and demon bones as Su Changqing reflected on the harshness of the cultivation world.
• Li Tianyi and three companions surrounded Li Xueyun, and she told them to scram when Li Tianyi invited her to drink with them.
• Su Changqing mocked Li Tianyi and his master, the Seven Desires Demon Lord, prompting Li Tianyi to attack him with black light and a Flying Sword.
• A group of Joyous Union Sect women arrived and warned Li Tianyi against fighting on their territory.
• The leading woman coldly asked whether Li Tianyi and his companions had been causing trouble.

Su Changqing exposed Li Tianyi’s lies, revealed his overwhelming Core Formation power, and killed Li Tianyi and his companions while extracting their primordial spirits. Leng Ruyue of the Joyous Union Sect arrived to confront him, and she began assessing his background before deciding how to respond.

• Li Tianyi blamed Su Changqing and his companions for insulting the Joyous Union Sect, but Su Changqing revealed his power and forced the nearby cultivators to their knees.
• Li Tianyi realized Su Changqing was stronger than his master, the Seven Desires Old Demon, and begged for mercy.
• Su Changqing killed Li Tianyi and the other disciples, extracted their primordial spirits, and sealed them in a jade bottle.
• Leng Ruyue arrived at Chaotic Star Island, and Hou Qianqian respectfully greeted her as Martial Aunt Leng.
• Leng Ruyue questioned the situation and held back from attacking Su Changqing while she considered whether a powerful faction stood behind him.

Su Changqing settled the dispute with Leng Ruyue and helped Li Xueyun gain entry to the Joyous Union Sect. The group arrived at Penglai Immortal Island, where the sect was based.

• Leng Ruyue accepted Su Changqing’s account of the conflict and invited him to the Joyous Union Sect.
• Su Changqing asked Leng Ruyue to protect Li Xueyun, and she promised the sect would keep her safe.
• Li Xueyun presented her mother’s token and revealed that her mother had died and wished for her to return to the sect.
• Leng Ruyue agreed to accept Li Xueyun into the Joyous Union Sect after Su Changqing spoke on her behalf.
• Su Changqing gave Li Xueyun one hundred thousand spirit stones, then followed Leng Ruyue to Penglai Immortal Island.

Su Changqing accepted Leng Ruyue’s offer to become a Guest Elder of the Joyous Union Sect after learning it was preparing for war with the Yin Corpse Sect. Leng Ruyue revealed that the Harmony Gathering was a diversion and began to disclose a secret alliance plan, which Su Changqing suspected involved the Demon Race.

• Leng Ruyue brought Su Changqing onto Penglai Immortal Island despite a patrol’s objection to allowing men inside.
• Leng Ruyue asked Su Changqing to join the Joyous Union Sect, and he agreed to serve as a Guest Elder in exchange for Gold Essence and a monthly stipend of fifty thousand spirit stones.
• Leng Ruyue explained that the Joyous Union Sect was preparing to fight the stronger Yin Corpse Sect and needed allies.
• Leng Ruyue said the Harmony Gathering was smoke and mirrors meant to mislead Yin Corpse Sect spies while the Joyous Union Sect secretly joined forces with another faction.
• Su Changqing asked whether that secret ally was the Demon Race.

Fairy Ruyue persuaded Su Changqing to accompany her to seek the Demon Race’s Divine Light Fairy, hoping to secure help against the Yin Corpse Sect. After they secretly left Penglai Immortal Island and traveled toward Shen Guang Island, a violent disturbance struck the sea, leaving their journey in danger.

• Fairy Ruyue told Su Changqing she planned to ask Divine Light Fairy for help and revealed she had only a fifty-percent chance of winning her over.
• Fairy Ruyue’s Martial Uncle questioned whether Su Changqing was a spy, but Fairy Ruyue said she could benefit either way.
• Fairy Ruyue used the Harmony Gathering as a smokescreen and left Penglai Immortal Island with Su Changqing.
• As they traveled toward Shen Guang Island, Fairy Ruyue tested Su Changqing’s endurance and was impressed by his magical power.
• Su Changqing asked about Divine Light Fairy, and Fairy Ruyue said she belonged to the peacock lineage.
• A tremendous roar shook the sea, raising massive waves and darkening the sky around Su Changqing and Fairy Ruyue.

Su Changqing and Fairy Ruyue discovered a giant Mysterious Tortoise Savage Beast trapped in a Demon Race formation and watched as Divine Light Fairy’s disciple arrived to capture it. As the green-clad girl and her companions struggled to face the beast, Fairy Ruyue planned to kill it for its valuable remains rather than rescue the girl.

• Su Changqing and Fairy Ruyue found the Mysterious Tortoise Savage Beast trapped inside a water-blue formation set by the Demon Race.
• The Savage Beast attacked the formation, revealing strength that could rival an ordinary late Core Formation cultivator.
• A green-clad Demon Race girl, Divine Light Fairy’s nominal disciple, arrived with several Foundation Establishment demonic beasts and decided to attack despite the danger.
• The girl deployed formation flags while her companions took their positions and released demonic aura.
• Fairy Ruyue dismissed the group’s chances of defeating the Savage Beast and told Su Changqing she intended to kill it for its treasures, not save the girl.

Su Changqing and Fairy Ruyue watched as the Mystic Turtle’s berserk transformation destroyed the Demon Race cultivators, then intervened to fight the beast. The battle began with both cultivators attacking the Mystic Turtle.

• Fairy Ruyue considered taking advantage of the situation to obtain the Mystic Turtle’s defensive treasure, while Su Changqing weighed the opportunity.
• The Mystic Turtle entered its berserk transformation, shattered the Demon Race’s formation, and killed the Core Formation girl and the other demon cultivators.
• Su Changqing appeared, extracted the sea serpent’s Demon Core, and provoked the Mystic Turtle’s wrath.
• Su Changqing attacked the Mystic Turtle with the Qing Feng Sword, and Fairy Ruyue joined the fight with her azure jade sword.