Chapter Summaries

The narrator overwhelmed Zhilin in a weapon duel, but let her claim victory so she could keep the Kuiyi stone divine blade. Zhilin accepted the blade and teased the narrator about being unusually generous.

• The narrator's growing mastery of the Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul let him overpower Zhilin and disrupt the strength in her knife-wielding arm.
• Zhilin unleashed her Condensed Blood Slash, but the narrator's Heaven-Severing Sword struck first and sent her crashing into the woods.
• Despite her injuries and torn clothes, Zhilin insisted on continuing the fight, but the narrator offered to count it as his loss.
• The narrator gave Zhilin the Kuiyi stone divine blade, and she happily accepted while remarking on his generosity.
• Zhilin stroked the blade and noticed a nick left by its clashes with the narrator's sword.

After giving Zhiling a Sunken-Heaven Stone Tang sword, I recruited her to join Tianyi Dao, and she agreed to follow him. As they left Qianshan City, Jintao and a group of people blocked their path.

• I showed Zhiling how my Sunken-Heaven Stone Tang sword refracted sunlight and explained how it was forged.
• I offered the Tang sword to Zhiling if she joined Tianyi Dao, and she agreed after checking what I expected of her.
• I exchanged Zhiling’s Kuiyi Stone blade for the Tang sword, and she said Yue Lin would be too busy trying to forge a similar weapon to object.
• I reflected that I had gathered enough materials in Qianshan City to establish a powerful faction and had enough Sunken-Heaven Stone to forge a divine weapon.
• I left Qianshan City with Zhiling, but Jintao and a group of people blocked their way.

Jintao and a group of Deity Transformation immortals ambushed the narrator after he left Qianshan City, hoping to seize his treasures. Zhilin refused to leave him and attacked first, cutting one of the immortals in half as the battle began.

• Jintao confronted the narrator beyond Qianshan City's jurisdiction and announced that he would take him.
• Zhilin declared that she belonged to the narrator and drew her heavy-heaven stone Tang blade.
• Jintao urged his hired immortals to fight for the narrator's treasures and divided them between the two opponents.
• Jintao and four other immortals moved to surround Zhilin while the rest closed in on the narrator.
• Zhilin lunged at a sword-wielding immortal and cut him in half with one strike.

Zhìlín fought Jin Tao’s remaining companions while the narrator faced a group of immortals who underestimated him. He revealed the power of his Peering Yi Stone Divine Sword and Heaven-and-Earth Force Field, killing his attackers and trapping the survivors.

• Zhìlín continued fighting Jin Tao and the iron triangle as more than a dozen immortals surrounded the narrator.
• The narrator drew his battered sword, and the immortals laughed before attacking him.
• The narrator’s Sword Qi overwhelmed the attackers and devastated the surrounding trees and shrubs.
• The narrator immobilized a young man with his Heaven-and-Earth Force Field and beheaded him.
• The narrator unleashed his force field at full strength, stopping the fleeing immortals and preparing to attack them.

The narrator and Miss Zhilin overwhelmed the immortals who had attacked them, and the surviving Nascent Souls fled. They pursued Jintao, who escaped after Miss Zhilin wounded him, leaving the chase unresolved.

• The narrator cut down and decomposed several attacking immortals as their Nascent Souls fled toward Qianshan City.
• Miss Zhilin used the Heaven-Sinking Stone Tang Saber to drive Jintao and several powerful immortals into retreat.
• Jintao fled while Miss Zhilin pursued his companions, and the narrator chased after him with sonic-boom movement.
• Jintao tried to call a truce, then threw hidden weapons that exploded in the narrator’s force field and gave him a chance to escape.
• The narrator used area Deconstruction to stop Jintao, but Miss Zhilin’s saber strike only severed half his body before his Nascent Soul fled again.

After Jin Tao fled, I used Reconstruction to compress and capture his weakened Nascent Soul, then learned about Xianlai Island. Huang Ling and Kong Mu arrived with their allies, and Kong Mu recognized my blade as being made from Sinking Heaven Stone.

• I chased Jin Tao toward Qianshan City, but he repeatedly escaped my attacks.
• I used Deconstruction on Jin Tao, but it failed to stop him, so I tried Reconstruction instead.
• Reconstruction compressed Jin Tao and left him powerless, allowing me to capture his Nascent Soul in a bottle.
• Zhilin explained where Xianlai Island was, and I considered taking Jin Tao there to demand ransom.
• Huang Ling and Kong Mu arrived with several immortals, and one told Kong Mu that my blade was made from Sinking Heaven Stone.

Kong Mu and the Mount Kuiyi clansmen tried to seize the Heaven-Sinking Stone tang sword from Yulin, and their attack escalated into a fight with the narrator and Miss Yulin. The narrator’s force field nullified their techniques and trapped the burly swordsman, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Kong Mu recognized the Heaven-Sinking Stone sword in Yulin’s hand and demanded that it be returned to the Mount Kuiyi clan.
• Kong Mu and the other Mount Kuiyi clansmen surrounded the narrator and Miss Yulin after learning that the Leapscale Society might intervene.
• The narrator used a Deconstruction spell to disintegrate the weakest clansman, while Kong Mu’s black sphere technique vanished against the narrator’s force field.
• The burly Mount Kuiyi clansman attacked the narrator as Kong Mu fought Miss Yulin, but the narrator’s Kuiyi Stone sword split his greatsword and exposed its core.
• The narrator’s force field rendered the burly man’s lightning ineffective and weighed him down, leaving him unable to lift his weapon.

The narrator defeated Kong Li and used Deconstruction Art to shrink him into a figurine inside a bottle, frightening the Immortal clansmen into fleeing. He pursued Huang Ling, the young master of Flying Phoenix Valley, and struck him with Reconstruction Art as his attendants scattered.

• The narrator struck Kong Li with Deconstruction Art, turned his Nascent Soul into a tiny figurine, and sealed him in a bottle with Jin Tao.
• Kong Mu charged to save Kong Li, but the narrator threatened to shrink her too, leaving her and the others frightened.
• The narrator disassembled a maidservant's shoulder, caught her fleeing Nascent Soul, and put the figurine in a separate bottle.
• The Immortal clansmen and Huang Ling fled, while the Ku Yishan Tribe failed to organize a rescue for Kong Mu as Zhi Lin attacked them.
• The narrator pursued Huang Ling and struck him with Reconstruction Art, while his maidservants scattered.

Xia and Zhilin captured several Kuiyi Mountain Tribe immortals, then took Huang Ling to Flying Phoenix Valley to demand ransom. The valley’s elders agreed to pay 150 Heavenly Origin Treasured Jades, and Xia told them to bring the money.

• Xia captured Huang Ling and stored him with Jintao and Kongli in a bottle.
• Xia and Zhilin worked together to capture six or seven immortals from the Kuiyi Mountain Tribe.
• Xia decided to visit Flying Phoenix Valley first and collect a courier fee for returning Huang Ling.
• The Flying Phoenix Valley master offered gifts and then raised his offer as Xia refused to release Huang Ling.
• Huang Ling’s mother negotiated with Xia, who settled on a ransom of 150 Heavenly Origin Treasured Jades.

The narrator secured payment from Flying Phoenix Valley for the ransom of its son, accepting Heavenly Origin Jades and a deposit certificate backed by Flying Phoenix Crystal. He then traveled with Zhìlín to Immortal Arrival Island, where she explained that the golden sea’s water was ideal for brewing heavenly wine.

• Flying Phoenix Valley’s Valley Lord and his wife struggled to raise the one hundred and fifty Heavenly Origin Jades needed to ransom their son.
• The Valley Lord’s wife offered Flying Phoenix Crystal from the valley’s authorized treasure pavilions, and the narrator negotiated to value it at the purchase price.
• Flying Phoenix Valley gave the narrator fifty Heavenly Origin Jades and a deposit certificate for another fifty, with the remaining value to be collected as Flying Phoenix Crystal in Thousand Mountains City.
• The narrator and Miss Zhìlín changed course for Immortal Arrival Island and arrived at the vast orange lake two days later.
• Zhìlín explained that fragrant algae made the local creatures especially flavorful and that the water was suited for brewing the finest heavenly wine.

The narrator used Jintao, the captive island lord, to force entry into Xianlai Island’s palace complex. After killing two guards and capturing one guard’s Nascent Soul, the narrator faced a gathering of immortals from the residence.

• Zhìlín explained how Xianlai Island’s nectar aided cultivation and how the Jin Household maintained its brewing monopoly and influence.
• The narrator showed two palace guards the naked Jintao inside a glass bottle and warned them not to endanger him.
• When one guard tried to shout, the narrator killed him and used a Reconstruction Technique to shrink and capture his fleeing Nascent Soul.
• The remaining guard led the narrator and Zhìlín into the palace complex.
• Immortals streamed out after hearing the commotion, and the narrator killed the guard when he tried to flee.

The narrator and Zhilin confronted Immortal Arrival Island and captured its lord, Jintao, then demanded a ransom from his family. After his relatives revealed that he had squandered the island’s wealth, the narrator offered to deal with Jintao if they could pay him compensation.

• The narrator captured Jintao and put him in a bottle while Zhilin cut down several attackers.
• Zhilin told the islanders that the Leaping Qilin Society had attacked because they had attacked her first.
• The narrator demanded two hundred Heavenly Origin Jades to return Jintao, but one of Jintao’s sons said they should let him die.
• Jintao’s family accused him of wasting the island’s money and said they could barely afford ten Heavenly Origin Jades.
• The narrator offered to deal with Jintao if the family could gather two hundred Heavenly Origin Jades, or at least one hundred and fifty.

The narrator forced Immortal Arrival Island’s family to pay a commission with treasures and Nectar, then had Jin Xin and Jin Lin escort him while Jin Tao remained in his custody. As they walked through the palace, Jin Lin revealed Jin Tao had abused her mother, and Jin Xin accused the narrator of wanting the girls for their looks.

• The old woman agreed to pay the narrator with treasures and Immortal Arrival Island’s Nectar at wholesale prices, but asked to handle Jin Tao herself.
• The narrator refused to return Jin Tao until the family took care of him, and the old woman assigned Jin Xin and Jin Lin to attend the narrator and Zhi Lin.
• The narrator questioned Jin Xin and Jin Lin about their family’s hatred of Jin Tao as they led him through the palace.
• Jin Lin revealed that Jin Tao had bullied her mother and that her father often beat her as a result.
• Jin Xin stopped Jin Lin from saying more, then accused the narrator of making them serve him because he wanted them for their looks.

The narrator, Zhilin, Jin Xin, and Jin Lin reached the Jin household’s treasure pavilion after the narrator joked about the sisters being sent to serve him. The girls’ strained relationship with their family became clear as Jin Lin led the guests inside to inspect the vault.

• Jin Xin provoked the narrator by describing the services she and Jin Lin had been ordered to provide, but he responded with sympathy and jokes rather than anger.
• The narrator said he wanted to inspect the treasure vault before discussing any debt, and Zhilin teased the sisters about serving women as well as men.
• The group arrived at the treasure pavilion, where a Jin household man opened the vault and ordered the guests to inspect its assets.
• Jin Lin led the group into the brightly lit vault while Jin Xin followed silently, ignoring the man.

The narrator organized the treasure vault’s inventory and persuaded Jinxin that leaving Xianlai Island with him could give her a chance to choose her own future. Jinlin resisted, saying she needed to stay for her family, but Jinxin challenged her to recognize how unfairly she had been treated.

• The narrator explained which treasures were worth taking, then assigned Zhiling to appraise them, Jinxin to check the ledger, and Jinlin to move the goods.
• The narrator told the girls they could use the treasures to build a life after leaving Xianlai Island and offered to take Jinxin and Jinlin with him.
• Jinxin agreed to leave with the narrator and work for her freedom.
• Jinlin said she would stay to serve the Immortal Family and care for her grandfather and parents.
• Jinxin pulled Jinlin aside and argued that her relatives had mistreated her and that she should consider why she and Jinxin had been chosen.

Jin Lin and Jin Xin agreed to leave Immortal-Arrival Island with their mother after the narrator addressed what was keeping Jin Lin from going. They inventoried the household’s valuables, but the treasures fell short of the agreed payment, leaving jade nectar as the remaining compensation.

• Jin Xin urged Jin Lin to leave Immortal-Arrival Island with her, revealing the pain behind their troubled relationship.
• The narrator offered to take their mother with them, and Jin Lin agreed to leave if her mother could go too.
• The narrator explained to Zhìlín that Jin Lin had been staying because she feared leaving her mother behind.
• Jin Xin and Jin Lin inventoried the valuables and uncovered secret chambers and collections.
• The treasures amounted to only seventy or eighty Heavenly Origin Jades, so the remaining payment would have to be Immortal-Arrival Island’s jade nectar.

The narrator negotiated with the Jin Household to exchange the debt they owed for Qiong Pulp, choosing stock under five hundred years old rather than the rarest, oldest pulp. Jin Lin revealed she had already prepared a list of the best batches, leaving the old madam facing a carefully planned selection.

• The narrator settled the accounts with Jin Xin's father, then went with the Jin Household's old madam to review Qiong Pulp storage records.
• The old madam explained the scarcity and rising price of thousand-year Qiong Pulp, while Jin Lin confirmed her figures were accurate.
• The narrator refused the oldest pulp and asked to trade the debt of about sixty Heavenly Origin Treasure Jades for Qiong Pulp under five hundred years old.
• The old madam warned that younger Qiong Pulp was difficult to preserve and offered older jars instead, but the narrator and Jin Xin insisted on the younger stock.
• Jin Lin produced a list specifying the optimal Qiong Pulp from each era, surprising the old madam.

The narrator traded immortal brew for Jin Xin, Jin Lin, and their mother, Tiyun, and left Xianlai Island with Zhiling and eight immortals. Several groups of powerful immortals followed their flying craft, apparently coveting the fortune they carried.

• The narrator negotiated to take Jin Xin, Jin Lin, and Tiyun in exchange for half of several discontinued batches of immortal brew and waived payment.
• The old madam agreed, and Jin Lin and Jin Xin’s father reluctantly accepted her decision after she argued it served Xianlai Island’s interests.
• Jin Lin and Jin Xin lost their remaining goodwill toward their father and became more determined to leave.
• The narrator, Zhiling, and the eight immortals they were taking boarded a flying craft and departed Xianlai Island with their goods and wealth.
• Several groups of formidable immortals, including some from famous sects, followed their craft soon after it left the island.

The narrator and Zhi Lin traveled toward the floating island in a golden cone-shaped aircraft while scouts from various sects followed them. As they neared Kuiyi Mountain Tribe territory, Tongtian Mountain’s demonic aura and dangerous storms came into view.

• The narrator chased the immortals tailing their aircraft, but they scattered and regrouped whenever he returned.
• Zhi Lin explained that the master of Immortal Arrival Island had sent sect members to investigate them, and the narrator allowed the scouts to keep following.
• After leaving the Golden Sea, most pursuers fell behind, but coordinated teams continued tracking the aircraft and more joined after several days.
• Zhi Lin suggested detouring through Qianshan City to summon reinforcements, but the narrator refused to worry about revealing their route or Windmist City.
• The aircraft passed Qianshan City as scouts from powerful sects, including the Kuiyi Mountain Tribe, followed them.
• The travelers neared Kuiyi Mountain Tribe territory and saw demonic aura rolling from Tongtian Mountain amid dangerous storms.

Xia used Kong Li as a hostage to demand a ransom from the Kuiyi Mountain Tribe while leading his companions into the dangerous demonic-energy zone. The tribe’s pursuers were forced to retreat, leaving Kong Li in Xia’s hands.

• Xia distributed Demon-Repelling Pills and warned the women to follow his instructions as they entered the demonic-energy zone.
• Xia demanded two hundred Heavenly Origin Jade Treasures to release Kong Li, and clan elder Kong Qi offered himself as a temporary hostage instead.
• Kong Mu and the Kuiyi Mountain Tribe tried to surround Xia’s group and threatened to take one of his people hostage.
• Xia’s group fled into the demonic energy near Tongtian Mountain, where Jin Lin and Ti Yun entered first.
• Kong Mu, Kong Li’s younger sister, and the other pursuers retreated after the demonic energy began corroding them.