Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping'an accepted Zhou Qingyu’s apology and gained access to the Blood Tiger Gate’s Spirit Aperture cultivation methods and spells, while Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang were assigned to attend him. After cultivating with Xuan Shuang and opening three Meridians overnight, Jiang Ping'an was summoned to see the unwell Gu Yunxu.

• Zhou Qingyu apologized for involving Jiang Ping'an in the Blood Tiger Gate’s conflict, and Jiang Ping'an requested cultivation manuals, her maidservants’ service, and a third request to be named later.
• Zhou Qingyu took Jiang Ping'an to the Martial Arts Repository, where he borrowed the Azure Cloud Meridian Refining Scripture - First Volume and several spells.
• Zhou Qingyu asked Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang whether they were willing to attend Jiang Ping'an; Xiu Yun chose to stay with Zhou Qingyu that night, so Xuan Shuang went to Jiang Ping'an instead.
• Jiang Ping'an used Proficiency Points to comprehend the Azure Cloud Meridian Refining Scripture - Middle Volume and cultivated with Xuan Shuang, opening three Meridians before dawn.
• Xiu Yun summoned Jiang Ping'an to see Gu Yunxu, whom Zhou Qingyu suspected was suffering an aftereffect from having her restriction removed.

Jiang Ping'an advanced his cultivation, returned Gu Yunxu's sword in exchange for ten years of service, and learned that Zhou Qingyu planned to move the Blood Tiger Gate. He then visited Bai Ruoxue at the Melodious Sound Pavilion to discuss buying her freedom, and the chapter ended as he entered her courtyard.

• Jiang Ping'an refused to take advantage of Gu Yunxu after Wang Jiehua forced her to swallow a Joyful Union Pill, and Zhou Qingyu later told him that Gu Yunxu had endured its effects.
• Jiang Ping'an cultivated with Xiu Yun and Zhou Qingyu, opening eight Meridians, and gave Gu Yunxu her Ancient Pattern Sword after she swore to serve him for ten years.
• Jiang Ping'an opened all the Meridians in his body and reached the first layer of the Spirit Aperture Realm, then shifted to cultivating with spirit stones as the benefits of sharing rooms diminished.
• Zhou Qingyu told Jiang Ping'an she planned to relocate the Blood Tiger Gate to Hongshui County in half a month, and Jiang Ping'an said he would try to leave with her after bringing his parents to Seven Star City.
• Jiang Ping'an and Gu Yunxu visited the Melodious Sound Pavilion, where Quezhi greeted Jiang Ping'an and led him toward Bai Ruoxue.

Jiang Ping'an visited Bai Ruoxue, revealed his cultivation and told her he had killed Zhou Lian and Wang Jiehua, bringing danger from the Refining True Demonic Sect. He sought to help Bai Ruoxue leave Seven Star City for Hengyang City, and the Melodious Sound Pavilion’s Pavilion Master summoned him.

• Jiang Ping'an gave Bai Ruoxue two gold ingots, showed her his Lightning Palm, and told her he had reached the Spirit Aperture Realm.
• Jiang Ping'an told Bai Ruoxue that he had killed Zhou Lian and Wang Jiehua, so the Seventh Elder of the Refining True Demonic Sect might target him or her.
• Jiang Ping'an offered to pay to help Bai Ruoxue leave Seven Star City, and she explained that she could transfer to another city’s Melodious Sound Pavilion if its Pavilion Master agreed.
• Bai Ruoxue agreed to consult her Pavilion Master about Jiang Ping'an’s plan to go to Hengyang City.
• Steward He invited Jiang Ping'an to meet the Pavilion Master, and Jiang Ping'an asked Gu Yunxu to accompany him.

Jiang Ping'an and Gu Yunxu confronted Pavilion Master Mi over Bai Ruoxue’s transfer to Hengyang City, and Mi poisoned them while demanding Jiang reveal his fortuitous opportunity. Jiang used his flying daggers to force Mi to swear an oath and promise Bai a transfer order, a recommendation, and Worry-Free Pills, but the meeting ended with Bai drinking Mi’s wine.

• Steward He brought Jiang Ping'an and Gu Yunxu to meet Pavilion Master Mi, who asked Jiang to reveal his fortuitous opportunity in exchange for Bai Ruoxue’s transfer.
• Gu Yunxu discovered that her spiritual power had been suppressed by poison, but Jiang pretended to be unaffected and threatened Mi with his ten flying daggers.
• Jiang forced Mi to swear an oath to grant Bai a transfer order and traded the promised compensation for Worry-Free Pills.
• Gu Yunxu and Jiang recovered their spiritual power after smelling the antidote, and Mi sent her maidservant to fetch the promised items.
• Bai Ruoxue drank a cup of wine offered by Mi, while Jiang worried that it might also be poisoned.

Jiang Ping'an moved Bai Ruoxue and Quezhi to the Blood Tiger Gate after his clash with Pavilion Master Mi, then brought his parents from his hometown and prepared to leave Seven Star City. The chapter ended with the Golden Robe Tower and White Dragon Sword Sect pursuing the departing convoy, whom Jiang Ping'an suspected wanted to seize his Great Destiny.

• Pavilion Master Mi gave Bai Ruoxue a transfer order and recommendation letter, while Jiang Ping'an received thirty bottles of Worry-Free Pills and gave them to Bai Ruoxue.
• Jiang Ping'an persuaded Bai Ruoxue and Quezhi to leave the Melodious Sound Pavilion and stay at the Blood Tiger Gate, where Zhou Qingyu received them warily.
• Jiang Ping'an warned Zhou Qingyu that Pavilion Master Mi might inform Wang Tianhua about Wang Jiehua's death, and Zhou Qingyu agreed to accelerate the sale of the Blood Tiger Gate's properties.
• Jiang Ping'an brought his parents from his hometown to Seven Star City, and Zhou Qingyu treated them affectionately as his future in-laws.
• After seven or eight days, Jiang Ping'an, Zhou Qingyu, Bai Ruoxue, and their large convoy departed for Hongshui County in Hengyang Commandery.
• The Golden Robe Tower and White Dragon Sword Sect pursued the convoy, and Jiang Ping'an suspected their leaders wanted to seize his Great Destiny.

Jiang Ping'an and Gu Yunxu helped the Blood Tiger Gate convoy repel attacks from Golden Robe Tower and the White Dragon Sword Sect, then faced seven Spirit Aperture Realm cultivators. Jiang Ping'an opened the duel by killing one of the enemy cultivators with his flying daggers.

• Gu Yunxu used the Ancient Pattern Sword to slaughter Golden Robe Tower and White Dragon Sword Sect disciples, while Zhou Qingyu urged Jiang Ping'an to protect the Blood Tiger Gate forces.
• After Jiang Ping'an refused to spend Gu Yunxu's remaining sword strikes, Zhou Qingyu, Xiu Yun, and Xuan Shuang joined the melee, prompting Jiang Ping'an to kill the attackers with ten Mysterious Iron Flying Daggers.
• The Golden Robe Tower Master and White Dragon Sword Sect Master gathered their seven Spirit Aperture Realm cultivators and challenged Jiang Ping'an.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Gu Yunxu a Fire Dragon Talisman to protect his family, then advanced with Zhou Qingyu to confront the seven cultivators.
• Jiang Ping'an redirected his flying daggers past the Golden Robe Tower Master's counterattack and shattered another cultivator's shield, piercing through his body.

Jiang Ping'an and Gu Yunxu helped Blood Tiger Gate destroy Golden Robe Tower and the White Dragon Sword Sect, leaving Zhou Qingyu in control of Seven Star City. Zhou Qingyu tried to persuade Jiang Ping'an to stay, but he remained determined to leave for Hengyang City with his parents and Bai Ruoxue.

• Jiang Ping'an used flying daggers to kill the Golden Robe Tower Master, the White Dragon Sword Sect Master, and the other Spirit Aperture Realm cultivators, then Gu Yunxu killed the remaining enemies.
• Blood Tiger Gate returned to Seven Star City, reclaimed its residence, and raided Golden Robe Tower and the White Dragon Sword Sect, becoming the city's dominant power.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Zhou Qingyu the White Dragon Sword and gave Gu Yunxu the Fire Dragon Talisman, then agreed to return to Seven Star City because Blood Tiger Gate had suffered casualties.
• Zhou Qingyu told Jiang Ping'an that Blood Tiger Gate had seized the rival sects' wealth and businesses, then asked him to stay in Seven Star City; he insisted that he would leave for Hengyang City.
• That night, Zhou Qingyu brought Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang to serve Jiang Ping'an and again pleaded with him not to relocate, but he deferred the discussion until morning.

Jiang Ping'an decided to leave Seven Star City after Zhou Qingyu refused to migrate with him, and he arranged a new destination in Daming City for Bai Ruoxue. The chapter ended with Jiang Ping'an departing by carriage while Zhou Qingyu, Xiu Yun, and Xuan Shuang remained behind.

• Zhou Qingyu refused Jiang Ping'an's attempts to persuade her to leave Seven Star City, so they agreed to go their separate ways.
• Jiang Ping'an learned from Gu Yunxu that flying ships were too expensive and decided to change his destination rather than travel with Zhou Qingyu and the Blood Tiger Gate.
• Jiang Ping'an visited Pavilion Master Mi, who wrote Bai Ruoxue a new recommendation letter assigning her to Daming City.
• Jiang Ping'an gave Zhou Qingyu Spirit Talismans and secretly gave Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang Magic Tools, Spirit Talismans, and the Jiang Family Aperture Opening Technique.
• Jiang Ping'an warned Zhou Qingyu to protect Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang if the Refining True Demonic Sect sought revenge, then departed by carriage.

Jiang Ping'an and Bai Ruoxue encountered Pavilion Master Mi aboard their ship to Daming City, and he arranged protection for his parents in case she had hostile intentions. In their shared cabin, he finished writing the Jiang Family Aperture Opening Technique for Bai Ruoxue, who then offered to repay him.

• Pavilion Master Mi greeted Jiang Ping'an and Bai Ruoxue aboard the ship and invited them to tea, saying she was also transferring back to Daming City.
• After leaving Pavilion Master Mi, Jiang Ping'an warned Gu Yunxu and Bai Ruoxue that Mi might be targeting him and could have brought helpers.
• Jiang Ping'an asked Gu Yunxu to share a cabin with his parents and protect them, then gave his parents gold for their safety.
• Jiang Ping'an shared a cabin with Bai Ruoxue and finished writing the Jiang Family Aperture Opening Technique for her.
• Bai Ruoxue thanked Jiang Ping'an by offering to do anything for him, and he asked her to knead his shoulders and pound his back.

Jiang Ping'an and Bai Ruoxue studied and cultivated aboard the ship until Purple Ice Demon Consort Yin Jiusu froze it and abducted several cultivators. After a day and a half, she dropped her captives above a mountain, where Pavilion Master Mi caught Jiang Ping'an and warned him to stay silent.

• Bai Ruoxue massaged Jiang Ping'an, then studied the Jiang Family Aperture Opening Technique while he cultivated and explained the passages she did not understand.
• Jiang Ping'an told Bai Ruoxue she could wait until after reaching Daming City to open her spirit aperture before reporting to the Melodious Sound Pavilion.
• Several days later, Purple Ice Demon Consort Yin Jiusu froze the ship and ordered the cultivators onto the deck.
• Yin Jiusu killed the cultivator who stayed in the cabin and froze four ordinary-looking cultivators into powder, then abducted Jiang Ping'an, Pavilion Master Mi, Gu Yunxu, and another female cultivator.
• After flying for a day and a half, Yin Jiusu dropped the captives above a mountain, and Pavilion Master Mi caught Jiang Ping'an and warned him not to speak.

Jiang Ping'an gave Bai Ruoxue the Jiang Family Aperture Opening Technique and taught her how to use it, then shared the manual with Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang. He returned to his cabin after Xuan Shuang began copying it, leaving both women eager to cultivate and open their spirit apertures.

• Jiang Ping'an finished writing the Jiang Family Aperture Opening Technique and gave it to Bai Ruoxue, who studied it and asked him to explain the parts she did not understand.
• Jiang Ping'an told Bai Ruoxue she probably would not open her spirit aperture before they reached Daming City, but said she could delay reporting to the Melodious Sound Pavilion until afterward.
• Jiang Ping'an visited Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang, kissed Xiu Yun while Xuan Shuang pretended to sleep, and returned to his cabin after Bai Ruoxue heard them and scolded him.
• Bai Ruoxue memorized the Jiang Family Aperture Opening Technique the following afternoon, and Jiang Ping'an brought it to Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang.
• Jiang Ping'an introduced the secret art to Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang, then gave Xuan Shuang paper and a brush to copy the manual.

Jiang Ping'an rebuffed Pavilion Master Mi’s complaint about the noise from his cultivation sessions with Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang, then continued preparing for the dangers awaiting them in Daming City. On the ship, Xuan Shuang opened her spirit aperture, and Jiang Ping'an gave her the cultivation scripture he had copied.

• Tang Yue asked Jiang Ping'an to quiet the cabin on Pavilion Master Mi’s behalf, but he refused and reassured Xiu Yun and Xuan Shuang after the maid left.
• Pavilion Master Mi learned that Jiang Ping'an was downstairs and decided to leave the matter alone.
• Jiang Ping'an remained alert to the danger Pavilion Master Mi posed and continued cultivating with Xiu Yun or Xuan Shuang during the voyage.
• Jiang Ping'an sensed Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi surging toward Xuan Shuang’s cabin and realized that she had opened her spirit aperture.
• Jiang Ping'an congratulated Xuan Shuang and gave her the Azure Cloud Aperture Refining Scripture; upstairs, Pavilion Master Mi mistakenly believed Bai Ruoxue had opened her spirit aperture.

After settling in Daming City, Jiang Ping'an arranged treatment for his parents’ infertility and learned that the city’s spiritual qi was poor. Gu Yunxu found and inspected Taiming Mountain Market, a nearby place with rich spiritual qi and shops for cultivators.

• Jiang Ping'an urged his parents to have another child, and they revealed they had lost the ability to conceive.
• Jiang Ping'an took his parents to a renowned physician, who diagnosed his mother with Cold Palace Syndrome and prescribed two months of medicine.
• Gu Yunxu advised Jiang Ping'an to seek a place with richer spiritual qi and explained that he could not join the Qingyu Immortal Sect because his spiritual apertures were opened postnatally.
• Jiang Ping'an asked Gu Yunxu to find a nearby cultivator market, and she located Taiming Mountain Market east of Daming City.
• Gu Yunxu inspected Taiming Mountain Market and reported that it had rich spiritual qi, year-round shops, and a market fair on the first day of each month.

After opening his second Spirit Aperture, Jiang Ping'an sought to strengthen his defenses and went with Gu Yunxu to commission weapons at Honglu Gate. He paid a deposit for a Mysterious Iron Shield and a set of flying knives, leaving the finished order awaiting collection.

• Jiang Ping'an planned to visit Taiming Mountain Market with Gu Yunxu after learning about its lodging and cultivators.
• Jiang Ping'an opened his Spring Well Aperture and found that his Spiritual Sense could lift a boulder weighing ten thousand jin.
• Jiang Ping'an decided to commission a Mysterious Iron Shield and flying knives, then asked Gu Yunxu to take him to Honglu Gate.
• Jiang Ping'an negotiated with Second Shopkeeper Zhang Feng for one Mysterious Iron Shield, fifteen Copper Mother Flying Knives, and one disguised Star-Sinking Iron Flying Knife.
• Jiang Ping'an asked the chief shopkeeper to draw up a written agreement, paid two spirit stones in advance, and secured the order.

Jiang Ping'an tested his new weapons and visited Taiming Mountain Market with Gu Yunxu to sell Spirit Pills and look for a Talisman Drawing Manual. He set up a stall with three kinds of pills, but the cultivators who gathered could not afford his prices.

• Jiang Ping'an collected his Mysterious Iron Shield and flying knives, then tested their capabilities at home.
• Jiang Ping'an and Gu Yunxu rode to Taiming Mountain Market, paid the entrance fee, and inspected its rentals and streets.
• Jiang Ping'an checked pill prices at several shops and decided to sell his Spirit Pills directly to cultivators.
• Jiang Ping'an displayed Spirit Guard Pills, Golden Marrow Pills, and Blood Spirit Pills at his stall.
• More than a dozen cultivators gathered around Jiang Ping'an's stall, then left when they saw the prices.

Jiang Ping'an sold two bottles of Spirit Pills at Taiming Mountain Market, where Zhu Yan of the Qingyu Immortal Sect helped him complete a sale and offered him assistance. He left Gu Yunxu to watch the unsold Blood Spirit Pill while he bought a Light Body Talisman Book to study a more advanced talisman.

• Gu Yunxu left Jiang Ping'an's stall to cultivate, and a Goatee Middle-aged Cultivator haggled over the Spirit Guard Pills before eventually buying them for eight spirit stones and a thousand-tael gold note.
• Zhu Yan inspected and bought Jiang Ping'an's Golden Marrow Pills for eight spirit stones, then introduced herself as a steward of the market and offered to help him in the future.
• Jiang Ping'an waited until evening, but no one bought the Blood Spirit Pill, so he asked Gu Yunxu to watch the stall while he went shopping.
• Jiang Ping'an found only two low-grade Talisman Manuals for sale and bought the expensive Light Body Talisman Book, intending to learn an advanced Spirit Talisman derived from the Light Body Talisman.

Jiang Ping'an and Gu Yunxu stayed overnight at the marketplace after Gu Yunxu warned that robbers might target them for the spirit stones he had earned. After sharing a room, they returned from a night stroll and began cultivating, but the sounds from next door disrupted Jiang Ping'an.

• Gu Yunxu warned Jiang Ping'an that marketplace scouts may have marked them as targets for robbery, so they decided to stay overnight.
• Jiang Ping'an and Gu Yunxu found only one middle room available at Yunlai Inn and paid three hundred taels of gold for it.
• Jiang Ping'an and Gu Yunxu ate an expensive Spirit Rice dinner, then strolled around the marketplace beneath the stars for more than two hours.
• Back in their room, Jiang Ping'an took the bed to cultivate while Gu Yunxu meditated on the floor.
• After about an hour, noise from the neighboring room interrupted Jiang Ping'an's cultivation, and he noticed Gu Yunxu watching him in the darkness.

Jiang Ping'an learned that robbing cultivators were waiting to ambush him, and Zhu Yan offered to help him deal with them. He and Gu Yunxu left Taiming Mountain Market under her plan, but soon sensed they were being tracked.

• Jiang Ping'an met Zhu Yan, who warned him that robbing cultivators planned to steal his spirit stones and offered to help kill them.
• Zhu Yan gave Jiang Ping'an two Geng Metal Shield Talismans, one for him and one for Gu Yunxu.
• Gu Yunxu warned Jiang Ping'an that Zhu Yan might be luring them into a trap, and he agreed to stay cautious.
• After half an hour, Jiang Ping'an and Gu Yunxu retrieved their horses and rode down Mount Tai Ming by a route that concealed their destination.
• Jiang Ping'an sensed that watchers using birds to relay messages were following them.

Zhu Yan and her companions rescued Jiang Ping'an and Gu Yunxu from a band of Robbing Cultivators, and Zhu Yan let Jiang keep two protective talismans. After the pair rode on without her, Chen Ke ambushed Jiang Ping'an, whose talisman blocked his first sword strike.

• Jiang Ping'an sensed an ambush and turned back with Gu Yunxu, drawing the Robbing Cultivators into the open.
• Zhu Yan and her companions intercepted the pursuers, captured one Robbing Cultivator, killed another, and ordered the rest slain.
• Jiang Ping'an and Gu Yunxu thanked Zhu Yan, and she gave Jiang the two Geng Metal Protective Shield Talismans back as a gift.
• Zhu Yan's companions returned with the Robbing Cultivators' heads, and Jiang Ping'an and Gu Yunxu rode on without revealing where they lived.
• Chen Ke, a ninth-level Spirit Aperture Realm rogue cultivator who had followed the group, attacked Jiang Ping'an with a flying sword, but Jiang activated a talisman that blocked it.

Jiang Ping'an and Fairy Yunxu killed Chen Ke, a Robbing Cultivator who had ambushed them, and took his Magic Tools and Storage Bag. They continued toward Daming City, where Fairy Yunxu warned Jiang Ping'an to remain wary of Zhu Yan.

• Jiang Ping'an seized control of Chen Ke's azure flying sword, then attacked with ten Copper Mother Flying Knives while protecting himself with a Black Iron Round Shield.
• Fairy Yunxu joined the fight, and a flying knife pierced Chen Ke through the Golden Bell Barrier, killing him.
• Jiang Ping'an collected Chen Ke's Black Tortoise Magic Shield, azure flying sword, and Storage Bag, then gave the Storage Bag to Fairy Yunxu and had her burn the corpse.
• Jiang Ping'an and Fairy Yunxu rode to a nearby town, asked for the shortest route to Daming City, and stopped to rest at a teahouse.
• Fairy Yunxu warned Jiang Ping'an that Zhu Yan's gifts of two Geng Metal Protective Shield Talismans might be cause for suspicion, and Jiang Ping'an said he had not completely trusted Zhu Yan either.