Chapter Summaries

The group navigated the deadly demonic energy of the Tongtian Mountain Range and reached Kuiyi Mountain aboard their luxury yacht. They climbed to the summit and found the ruined chain pillars of the evil path’s sacred land, where they began searching for hidden passages and treasures.

• Shanae explained that the demonic-energy tides made Kuiyi Mountain nearly impossible to reach, and that the yacht’s hull-protection solution was being consumed faster than expected.
• Nan Jin noted that Brother Tianyi’s data-calculation laws were keeping the yacht on course through the darkness, and Tianyi warned everyone to watch for cliffs and rocks.
• Shanae spotted Kuiyi Mountain, and Tianyi ordered the group to circle up to its summit and search for secret passages, cave abodes, and ore veins.
• Tianyi and the others reached the summit, where they found enormous ruined pillars and chains that had once linked them together.
• Lingzhao identified the ruins as a formation connecting the heavens, while Tianyi hoped the mountain might still hold treasures that could raise Tianyi Sect’s fortunes.

The narrator and the immortals explored the ruined sect of Kuiyi Mountain, mapping its underground passages and locating seven sealed areas that might have survived the Heaven-Piercing Demon Qi. After they divided up the investigation sites, the narrator took an area deeper underground.

• The group explored the ruined main hall and uncovered eight secret passageways and hidden grotto realms.
• They found seven completely sealed areas in the underground complex and marked them for investigation.
• The narrator proposed that they take Demon-Averting Pills, split up to inspect the sealed areas, and gather together if they found a promising one.
• The group entrusted the luxury yacht to Bai Cheng, took the pills, and drew lots to divide the investigation sites.
• The narrator chose an area closer to the underground depths and set out to investigate it.

Yitian explored the ruined sect’s underground passages and concluded that mining a valuable Crystal Mine had likely caused Heaven-Piercing Demonic Qi to leak through the mountain. The group returned to the yacht with preserved mining tools and unfinished equipment, while Xianli reported finding a sealed Heaven-Sinking Stone storage house.

• Yitian followed ore traces through the underground passages and found a vast Crystal Mine blocked by a collapse.
• Bai Cheng joined Yitian, and he explained that mining and geological cracks may have caused demonic qi to engulf the sect.
• Yitian collected the exposed crystal ore and returned to the yacht while Bai Cheng checked on the others.
• Lingzhao brought back preserved remote-controlled excavation tools from a collapsed passage’s storeroom.
• Nan Yi reported finding unfinished equipment from a tool-processing site.
• Xianli said she had found a sealed storeroom labeled “Heaven-Sinking Stone Storage House.”

The group discovered that Kuiyi Mountain’s Kuiyi Stone could yield the legendary Sinking Heaven Stone and found the mountain’s storeroom beneath the main hall. They tried to make a key to open its gate, but the Gold-Transforming Pouch could not refine the stone.

• Sana explained the legend and rarity of Sinking Heaven Stone, and the narrator identified the crystals as unrefined Kuiyi Stone.
• After ruling out several locations, the group chose to investigate the Kuiyi Stone storeroom near the mountaintop sect ruins.
• The group found the storeroom gate made from a single piece of Kuiyi Stone and saw that its formation used a disc-shaped key socket.
• Nan Yi said the original key was unlikely to survive, and Xianli suggested splitting up to search while others worked on the gate.
• The narrator copied the gate’s runic equations and tried using the Gold-Transforming Pouch to refine a Kuiyi Stone key, but the stone would not soften.

Yitian struggled to refine Kuiyi Stone with the Gold-Transforming Pouch and discovered a way to extract Chentian Stone by making the material collide with itself. After obtaining two tiny pieces, he used them to shatter a larger chunk and produce a third, leaving everyone amazed by his method.

• Yitian found that the Gold-Transforming Pouch could not refine Kuiyi Stone directly, so he used it to make the stone fragments grind against one another.
• After processing more than a hundred and thirty jin of Kuiyi Stone, Yitian extracted two tiny pieces of Chentian Stone.
• Meiyao complained that Yitian had used more than ten Demon-Avoidance Pills, while Xianli asked why the two pieces would make refining easier.
• Yitian activated the two pieces of Chentian Stone and used them to blast apart a larger chunk, producing a third piece.
• Yitian explained that he had modified the pouch’s runes to make Chentian Stone repeatedly strike the ore’s core, though the others looked bewildered.

Yi Tian forged a Kuiyi Stone key, opened a sealed storehouse, and discovered a trove of high-concentration Kuiyi Stone containing abundant Heaven-Sinking Stone. The Gold-Melting Pouch gained the ability to mass-produce refined Kuiyi Stone, giving Yi Tian the means to create powerful weapons and potentially reshape the Muxian Continent.

• Yi Tian used Heaven-Sinking Stone and the Gold-Melting Pouch to make a circular key from finely ground Kuiyi Stone.
• Yi Tian and the others opened the ancient gate after clearing demonic aura from the area, then found fighting traces and remains inside.
• Yi Tian concluded that the storehouse had become a refuge where trapped members of a family fought until none survived.
• Yi Tian found Heaven-Sinking Stone inside a crystalline Kuiyi Stone and upgraded the Gold-Melting Pouch to mass-produce refined Kuiyi Stone.
• Yi Tian realized the vault's high-concentration Kuiyi Stone could give his group enough power to overturn the Muxian Continent, and Shana warned that the continent could undergo earth-shaking changes.

The narrator and the Heavenly Unity Dao disciples mined Kuiyi Stone and recovered a vast cache of Sky-Sinking Stone from Kuiyi Mountain before leaving as their Demon-Averting Pills ran low. They returned to Fenglan City with their haul and supplied the sect with Kuiyi Stone weapons, including weapons available through a merit-exchange system.

• The narrator built mining machines with Sky-Sinking Stone drill bits and had Nan Yi, Nan Jin, Xianli, Lingzhao, Shana, and the others operate them.
• The group mined Kuiyi Mountain for two days, filling their storage bags with ore while the narrator refined concentrated Kuiyi Stone and Sky-Sinking Stone.
• The group found the Kuiyi Mountain Sect's secret vault, where most treasures had been ruined, but a large bag of Sky-Sinking Stone had survived.
• The narrator concluded that further mining risked reaching demonic-energy magma or collapsing the mountain, so the group left when their Demon-Averting Pills were nearly gone.
• The group returned to Fenglan City, where Heavenly Unity Dao disciples celebrated their haul and the narrator provided Kuiyi Stone weapons for elders and established a merit exchange for more weapons.

Xia sent disciples on missions to develop the Heavenly Unity Path and prepared to trade Insight Stone and Sinking Heaven Stone for cultivation resources. Xia and Shana disguised themselves as local Rogue Cultivators and set out for Qianshan City, hoping to secure supplies while avoiding attention from Mu Xian Continent's sects.

• Xia's offer of Insight Stone divine weapons for merit sent the Heavenly Unity Path's disciples scrambling to complete missions, including construction and scouting work.
• Shana warned Xia that disciples might flee if Xia left again, but agreed to travel with Xia to trade for cultivation resources while trusted members stayed behind to mine.
• Xia had the disciples' needs recorded and packed Insight Stone ore and Sinking Heaven Stone before departing with Shana for Qianshan City.
• Xia and Shana flew east toward Qianshan City, a major commercial hub among densely packed peaks, and disguised themselves as Rogue Cultivators from Mu Xian Continent.
• Shana coached Xia's accent as they traveled, aware that the sects might pursue them for hijacking Windmist City and that demonic aura storms made returning impossible.

Xia and Sha Nai entered Thousand Mountains City, where they planned to sell one of Xia’s aged divine weapons without drawing attention to their valuable treasures. They arrived at Qitian Pavilion to seek an appraisal, where a timid young attendant approached them as the shopkeeper watched.

• Xia and Sha Nai entered Thousand Mountains City and saw its many peaks filled with shops and treasure pavilions.
• Sha Nai warned Xia that their Kuiyi Stone spirit ore and other treasures could make them targets if they spent carelessly.
• Xia decided to have a divine weapon appraised and sell it, while he and Sha Nai relied on fabricated identities.
• Xia and Sha Nai entered Qitian Pavilion, where a beautiful accountant questioned the shopkeeper’s decision to let a timid young attendant serve them.
• The chubby shopkeeper told the accountant to let the young attendant try serving Xia and Sha Nai.

The narrator and Sana brought an old sword to Qitian Pavilion to test whether its staff could recognize it. Shop assistant Lingsheng recognized something significant and invited them to the inner hall, while the woman at the counter angrily accused him of trying to embarrass her.

• Lingsheng welcomed the narrator and Sana and offered to examine their treasure.
• The narrator warned Lingsheng to identify the sword or forget he had seen it, then opened the box.
• The woman at the counter mocked the sword as an ordinary old relic, and Sana grew angry.
• Lingsheng stared in astonishment after seeing the sword and asked the narrator and Sana to come to the inner hall.
• The woman accused Lingsheng of bringing them inside to make her lose face, and the shopkeeper did not challenge his decision.

Shana and her junior brother brought their treasure box to the Qitian Pavilion, where the manager recognized its potential and moved the appraisal to a private hall. Ling Sheng identified the old sword as an exceptionally rare Qiyi Stone divine weapon, and the appraisal left the pavilion poised to make an offer.

• The Qitian Pavilion manager invited Shana and her junior brother to the inner hall after Ling Sheng recognized that their box might contain an extraordinary treasure.
• Shana demanded that the rude accountant, Island Qin, be expelled before they opened the box, and the manager promptly dismissed her.
• Shana told the manager they had a deal to discuss, and he promised the Qitian Pavilion would make a competitive offer.
• Shana's junior brother opened the box and told the manager to let Ling Sheng appraise the sword.
• Ling Sheng examined the old sword and explained that it was a fully formed, exquisitely crafted Qiyi Stone divine weapon of extraordinary rarity.

The narrator negotiated with Qitian Pavilion over the price of a Kuiyi Stone sword, insisting it was worth far more than the shopkeeper’s initial offer. The Pavilion Master arrived to inspect the sword, leaving the deal unresolved.

• Lingsheng explained that Kuiyi Stone was a rare relic from Kuiyi Mountain and that complete weapons made from it had not appeared on the market for years.
• The fat shopkeeper asked where the sword came from and offered three million taels of Mu Xianzhou spirit crystals, but the narrator refused the price.
• The narrator demanded thirty million taels and argued that the sword was worth far more than the Kuiyi Stone mine used to justify the offer.
• Lingsheng suggested bringing in the Pavilion Master, and the fat shopkeeper agreed while keeping hold of the sword box.
• The Pavilion Master arrived, examined the box, and warned the narrator not to deceive him about the Kuiyi Stone sword.

I offered a Kuini Stone divine sword to the Qitian Pavilion for thirty million taels of Mu Xian Continent spirit crystals, and the Pavilion Master confirmed it was genuine. When he tried to hold onto the sword and question its origins instead of completing the deal, I threatened to tear down the Qitian Pavilion.

• I demanded that the Pavilion Master prove he had thirty million taels before inspecting my sword.
• The Pavilion Master offered three pieces of Heavenly Origin Treasure Jade, each worth ten million taels.
• The Pavilion Master examined my sword and confirmed it was a divine weapon forged from Kuini Stone crystal ore.
• I reached for the jade, but the Pavilion Master pinned the sword down and asked about my name and the weapon's origins.
• I called the Pavilion Master an old fool and threatened to tear down the Qitian Pavilion if he did not let go, while Shana grew pale with fear.

The narrator negotiated with Qitian over a set of six Kuiyi Stone Essence divine weapons, demanding a high price and warning that other shops could bid for them. Qitian agreed to a deal, but after seeing the weapons, he questioned whether the narrator could keep them safe.

• Qitian backed down from threatening the narrator and Shana, then offered to buy more divine weapons at the same price.
• The narrator told Qitian about five additional weapons and proposed selling the full set of six for one hundred and fifty million Mu Immortal Continent spirit crystals.
• Qitian offered five pieces of Tianyuan jade and proposed paying the remaining value with other goods.
• The narrator agreed to accept other goods at a twenty percent discount, and Qitian accepted the terms.
• The narrator brought out the five weapons, and Qitian admired the complete set before asking whether the narrator feared losing them.

The narrator forced Qitian to accept a deal for the six divine weapons, then used the debt owed by Qitian Pavilion to buy spell manuals, cultivation techniques, pills, and materials. After spending one hundred million spirit crystals and filling their storage pouch, the narrator realized their wealth would attract danger.

• The narrator used the Area Disintegration Technique to intimidate Qitian and warned him against scheming.
• Qitian agreed to the narrator's terms, handed over five Tianyuan Jade notes, and directed them to trade the remaining goods with Cudu.
• The narrator left with the six divine weapons and considered the upheaval their appearance might cause across Mu Xian Continent.
• Cudu and Ling Sheng brought the narrator through Qitian Pavilion, where the narrator used the debt to purchase its collections of manuals and cultivation techniques at reduced prices.
• The narrator nearly cleared out Qitian Pavilion's pills and materials as other pavilions arrived to investigate.
• The narrator spent one hundred million spirit crystals and filled their storage pouch, then recognized that others might covet their wealth.

Zhilin of the Soaring Qilin Society visited Xia in Thousand Mountains City and announced that her organization would provide mandatory protection for him. She demanded ten Heavenly Origin Jades for full-time protection, prompting Sana to protest the exorbitant fee.

• Zhilin introduced herself as a member of the Soaring Qilin Society and said the organization wanted to befriend Xia and ensure his safety in Thousand Mountains City.
• Shopkeeper Cudou tried to persuade Zhilin to charge Xia as little as possible, but she said he could not interfere in the society’s affairs.
• Zhilin said she would personally protect Xia as an immortal at the peak of the Divine Transformation Realm.
• Xia asked about the protection service’s cost and terms, and Zhilin demanded ten Heavenly Origin Jades for full-time protection throughout the city’s jurisdiction.
• Sana shouted in anger that they could not afford the demand and questioned the enormous price.

Zhilin demanded ten Tianyuan jade treasures to protect Immortal Xia and Sha Nai, and Cudu warned that refusing the Yue Lin Society’s protection could be fatal. The narrator realized they had little choice but to sign the agreement, which bound them to pay when they eventually left Qianshan City.

• Zhilin explained that Sha Nai’s inclusion doubled the protection fee to ten Tianyuan jade treasures.
• Sha Nai refused the protection, but Cudu stopped Zhilin from erasing her name and warned that the last person removed from the list had disappeared.
• Sha Nai said they had only eight Tianyuan jade treasures, and Zhilin explained that payment would be due only after they left Qianshan City.
• Zhilin presented a jade token for both of them to imprint with their spirit veins, making her their bodyguard immediately and setting the fee as a contractual obligation.
• The narrator judged Zhilin too dangerous to oppose and suspected the Yue Lin Society had engineered the situation to force them into the agreement.

Yue Lin agreed to sign a Yuelin Society contract requiring him and Shana to pay ten Heavenly Origin Jades for permission to leave Thousand Mountains City. He arranged to pay Shana’s share so she could return with their supplies while he remained behind, then resumed shopping after signing.

• Yue Lin recognized that Zhilin’s offer was designed to make the costly contract seem like a bargain, but agreed to sign it.
• Shana protested the ten-Jade fee, and Yue Lin offered to cover her five-Jade share so she could leave with their cultivation pills.
• Zhilin warned that the Yuelin Society had deep influence and that Yue Lin would be unable to leave if he ran out of money.
• Shana reluctantly accepted Yue Lin’s plan to leave after he finished shopping, trusting him despite worrying he would be trapped.
• Yue Lin signed the agreement and continued shopping, deciding to stop dealing with Cudou and the Qitian Pavilion.

Xia learned that Pavilion Master Qi Tian had underpaid him for six Qiongyi Stone divine weapons, and Shantu explained that the sale could affect which faction claimed the seat of honor at the upcoming auction. The chapter left Xia asking how the auction’s proceeds determined that advantage.

• Xia went to the Heaven-Piercing Pavilion with Shana and Zhi Lin after spending his savings at other treasure pavilions.
• Shantu welcomed Xia and asked why he had bought so much from the Heaven-Supporting Pavilion instead of her establishment.
• Xia told Shantu he had traded six Qiongyi Stone divine weapons for twenty Heavenly Origin Treasure Jades.
• Shantu said each weapon could have fetched at least ten Heavenly Origin Treasure Jades and accused Pavilion Master Qi Tian of swindling Xia.
• Shantu explained that Qi Tian planned to auction the weapons, and she feared the Heaven-Piercing Pavilion might lose its expected seat of honor.
• Xia asked Shantu what the seat of honor meant, and she began explaining how auction taxes affected the factions in Thousand Mountains City.

Xia learned how Thousand Mountains City’s factions and tax system worked, then offered Tongtian Pavilion another set of Kuiyi Stone divine weapons. Shantuo was stunned by the offer and considered buying it to strengthen her position against Qitian Pavilion.

• Shantuo explained how the Qitian Pavilion, Tongtian Pavilion, and Yuelin Society divided commercial power in Thousand Mountains City.
• Shantuo told Xia that the Yuelin Society collected taxes and granted business privileges based on each faction’s contributions.
• Xia confirmed with Zhilin that his payment let him trade freely, then revealed he had another set of Kuiyi Stone divine weapons.
• Xia offered the set to Shantuo for twenty Heaven-Origin Jade Treasures or goods worth two-tenths above their discounted price.
• Shantuo reacted with disbelief at the offer.