Chapter Summaries

Jade Exalted Venerable tried to learn how the narrator rapidly refined the energy in Crimson Essence Pills, while the narrator concealed the truth and considered how to survive and investigate the Stone-Washing Ship. The chapter ended with the narrator knocking on Jade Exalted Venerable’s door and receiving no answer.

• Jade Exalted Venerable explained that the Scholar Sect had long studied members of the Sin Clan and asked how many Crimson Essence Pills remained in the narrator’s body.
• The narrator disguised the pill core’s nature, and Jade Exalted Venerable promised to bring more pills in exchange for a detailed account of their use.
• The narrator decided not to flee while Lei Ying and the others remained below and wondered whether the Stone-Washing Ship was a moving celestial body.
• Jade Exalted Venerable returned, gave the narrator three Crimson Essence Pills, and warned against wandering or offending another Exalted Venerable.
• The narrator stored the pills, reasoned that Jade Exalted Venerable wanted to learn about the rapid consumption of their mineral components, and prepared a written account.
• The narrator knocked on Jade Exalted Venerable’s door to present the account, but received no response.

The narrator found Senior Yu unconscious after she took a poisoned Yuanrhino Pill and realized the merchant guild and medicine shop had set her up. Disguised as Senior Yu, the narrator confronted the two men who came to rob her, while the men discovered the real Senior Yu in the room.

• The narrator entered Senior Yu's room and found a beautiful woman unconscious on the bed, then realized she was Senior Yu in her original appearance.
• The narrator sniffed the medicine box, felt its harmful effects, and concluded that Senior Yu had been poisoned by the Yuanrhino Pill.
• The narrator used an elemental headband to disguise themselves as Senior Yu and heard men outside admit they had poisoned their victim to rob her.
• The narrator put on Senior Yu's clothes and confronted a merchant guild worker and a medicine shop worker, accusing them of selling the poisoned pill.
• The merchant guild worker looked into the room, saw Senior Yu in her undergarments, and panicked.

The narrator extorted pills and medicine from an apothecary after accusing it of giving him a fake Primordial Rhinoceros Pill, then cured Exalted Jade and advanced to the Primordial Warrior stage. He experimented with cultivation for ten years before stopping as Exalted Jade began to stir.

• The narrator demanded compensation from the apothecary owner and merchant guild attendant, receiving a genuine Primordial Rhinoceros Pill, an antidote, Primordial True Stones, Crimson Primordial Pills, and Heavenly Craft Pills.
• The narrator gave Exalted Jade the antidote, helped her change clothes, and returned to meditate.
• The narrator swallowed a Heavenly Craft Pill and endured a day and night of painful transformation before reaching the Primordial Warrior stage.
• The narrator tested the remaining medicines, chose a Primordial Ascension Pill, and spent ten years refining his control of primordial power.
• The narrator stopped cultivating when he heard movement from Exalted Jade's room.

After Jade Supreme recovered from being drugged, the narrator revealed that he had become an essence-force warrior and insisted on leaving the resting grounds. He planned to learn how the merchant association operated so he could take control of the passage.

• Jade Supreme emerged from her room and demanded to know what the narrator had done while she was drugged.
• The narrator explained how he had rescued her and urged her to refine the genuine Origin Rhinoceros Pill before confronting those responsible.
• Jade Supreme returned to her room to refine the pill while the narrator practiced controlling elemental power.
• After Jade Supreme refined the pill, she assigned the narrator a storage room for the night and planned to return to the Washing Stone Ship in the morning.
• The narrator demonstrated his essence-force-level elemental control and evaded Jade Supreme when she tried to examine him.
• The narrator told Jade Supreme he would leave to learn how the merchant association operated and find a way to control the Washing Stone Ship.

The narrator explored the merchant association’s sky-city resting grounds with Jade Supreme Venerable and learned how the association and the Sin Clan processed chaos stones into origin-true stones. The chapter ended with the narrator asking what origin-true stones were used for.

• Jade Supreme Venerable agreed to accompany the narrator as they left the resting grounds to explore the merchant association’s territory.
• The narrator observed the sky-city and used his understanding of star-stone energy to infer that it helped stabilize spatial rifts.
• Jade Supreme Venerable warned the narrator not to act recklessly and explained that the merchant association was managed by leaders of the major powers.
• The narrator asked why the major powers did not seize the Land of Myriad Races, and Jade Supreme Venerable said the association’s management was necessary to preserve it.
• Jade Supreme Venerable explained that the association reclaimed exhausted chaos stones from Washstone Ships, where the Sin Clan tempered them and sometimes transformed them into origin-true stones.
• The narrator asked Jade Supreme Venerable what origin-true stones could be used for.

The narrator learned from Jade Venerable how Primordial True Stones could preserve and awaken the latent powers of the Myriad Races, and deduced how the merchant association profited from them. He realized the stones could help him overcome his predicament and that his own Dao-Imparting Stone expertise gave him an advantage.

• Jade Venerable explained that Primordial True Stones could be refined from Chaos Stones using Star Stones and spirit-force, transforming chaotic power into usable abilities.
• The narrator explained that Primordial True Stones preserved racial instincts and could awaken a cultivator’s latent talents, and Jade Venerable confirmed his understanding.
• Jade Venerable activated a Primordial True Stone and briefly strengthened her mental power, while the narrator identified its effect.
• Jade Venerable revealed that the merchant association reclaimed used stones and had the Sin Clan refine them repeatedly.
• The narrator realized the merchant association was exploiting the Sin Clan to produce valuable stones and recognized that his Dao-Imparting Stone expertise could help him.

The narrator explained to Jade Venerable how losses and debt could force weaker Venerable Sects to sell their Washstone Ship shares, allowing a buyer to take control of the merchant association. They persuaded Jade Venerable to buy Chaos Stones for them to study, then began probing a Primordial True Stone shop’s purchase prices for a way to disrupt the market.

• The narrator described how excessive stock and slow sales could make Washstone Ship ownership unprofitable and force weaker Venerable Sects to sell their shares.
• The narrator proposed gradually buying enough shares to take control of the merchant association and force other sects to sell their industries cheaply.
• The narrator asked Jade Venerable to buy Chaos Stones, promising to turn a few stones into a profitable cycle of washing and resale.
• Jade Venerable took the narrator to a shop selling Primordial True Stones and negotiated to buy Chaos Stones.
• The narrator questioned a shop assistant about the shop’s purchase prices for Primordial True Stones obtained through stone gambling.

The narrator tested several Origin-True Stones and realized his ability to create them could let him mass-produce a valuable resource. He left Venerable Jade Supreme waiting to see what he would make next, while considering the rarity and commercial value of powerful stones.

• Venerable Jade Supreme bought dozens of used Chaos Stones and several finished Origin-True Stones, then questioned what the narrator planned to do with them.
• The narrator said he intended to mass-produce Origin-True Stones and keep the plan secret, prompting Venerable Jade Supreme to complain about the expense.
• The narrator entered Venerable Jade Supreme's room and used a Spirit-Purifying Origin-True Stone, which cleared distracting thoughts.
• The narrator tried a second Origin-True Stone and found that it enhanced his control over essence-force.
• The narrator reasoned that creating stones usable by anyone could make them perpetual-motion machines, while rare high-grade stones would be difficult to produce and circulate.

The narrator discovered how to turn a Chaos Stone into a Primordial True Stone by using starstone magma and chaotic qi. He demonstrated the method to Jade Supreme and left her astonished at the newly created stone.

• The narrator infused a Chaos Stone with origin energy and found that its depleted power devoured spell formations, while starstone magma revived it but made its energy flow chaotically.
• The narrator concluded that chaotic power could be extracted from collected Chaos Stones and used to alter another stone, though Jade Supreme doubted his idea.
• The narrator selected a low-grade Chaos Stone and ground it against other stones while Jade Supreme watched without understanding his method.
• The narrator explained that a Chaos Stone was a crystal that attracted and held chaotic qi, then revealed that his grinding had produced a Primordial True Stone.
• Jade Supreme was stunned by the result, and the narrator teased her to try the technique herself.

The narrator activated a Primordial Truth Stone and discovered it accelerated internal cultivation, then explained to Jade Supremacy Venerable that he could make stronger versions. Jade Supremacy Venerable realized the stones could be immensely valuable and believed they might help them buy the Stone-Washing Ship.

• Jade Supremacy Venerable tested the Primordial Truth Stone on her jade tray, which identified it as a top-grade Space-Time Acceleration Primordial Truth Stone.
• The narrator adjusted the stone with his Chaos Qi control stone, confirmed its effect, and activated it to accelerate his internal functions.
• Jade Supremacy Venerable lamented that the narrator had used up the valuable stone, but he explained it had only provided three years of accelerated cultivation and that he could make stronger stones.
• The narrator warned that accelerated cultivation still required a sufficient supply of Primordial Energy, and explained that he had replicated the Time God Clan's technique inside Chaos Stones.
• Jade Supremacy Venerable realized the cultivation stones could transform their prospects and said they might make buying the Stone-Washing Ship easy.

The narrator created multiple three-year cultivation stones from Chaos Stones and laid out a plan with Jade Venerable to sell them strategically, use the proceeds to cultivate, and eventually overwhelm the merchant association. He sent Jade Venerable to handle the sales while he prepared to rescue the people aboard his Stone-Washing Ship.

• The narrator explained to Jade Venerable how he could transform Chaos Stones into cultivation stones and reproduce them in large quantities.
• Jade Venerable tested the new stones with the Jade Disk and confirmed their cultivation values.
• The narrator rejected Jade Venerable's plan to sell the stones cheaply in bulk and instead proposed selling a few through each merchant-association shop, then spending the proceeds on cultivation resources.
• The narrator told Jade Venerable to recruit only trustworthy helpers and carry out the sales while he converted the remaining stones into Origin True Stones.
• The narrator hurried Jade Venerable along, saying he needed to save his friends and family on the Stone-Washing Ship before someone else reached them.

The narrator gave Jade Venerable several powerful Cultivation Stones, and she enlisted Venerable Qu and Venerable Wen to sell them discreetly. After exploring the commercial district and learning about its Origin Force Artifacts and markets, the narrator returned to find Jade Venerable reporting nearly fifty million Shattered Crystals in sales.

• The narrator gave Jade Venerable two six-year Cultivation Stones and one nine-year Cultivation Stone, and she accepted them to strengthen herself.
• Jade Venerable recruited Venerable Qu and Venerable Wen, and the three disguised themselves before splitting up to sell the Spacetime Stones.
• The narrator explored the commercial district, learned about the local market, and observed how Earth and Celestial Origin Artifacts shaped combat.
• Jade Venerable told the narrator that her share of the sales had brought in nearly fifty million Shattered Crystals and worried that Venerable Qu and the others might have been noticed.
• Jade Venerable explained that she, Venerable Qu, and Venerable Wen belonged to the same Venerable Sect, and that her twin younger sister was also a Venerable Lord.

Venerable Jade arranged for the Venerable Sect to protect the group while Venerable Faith prepared to buy Earth-Origin Artifacts with their shard crystals. At the largest artifact shop, Venerable Faith offered to buy Venerable Jade the set she had long admired, and the shop began opening its treasure case.

• Venerable Jade explained that the Venerable Sect had seven Venerable Lords and agreed to accept Venerable Faith's friends and relatives under the sect's protection.
• Venerable Jade contacted the other Venerable Lords, while Venerable Faith planned to buy an Earth-Origin Artifact and prepare for the journey to the Free Star Sea.
• Venerable Jade took Venerable Faith to the continent's largest Earth-Origin Artifact shop, where they examined the displayed armaments.
• Venerable Faith offered to buy Venerable Jade a full set of Earth-Origin Artifacts, and Venerable Jade admitted she had long wanted the featured set but had prioritized her lineage.
• Venerable Faith told the shop assistant they would buy the store's treasure, and the assistant hurried off to announce the purchase.

Yuzun and the narrator visited an Earth Origin Artifact shop, where the narrator searched for an armament suited to fighting multiple opponents with every elemental attribute. A costly experimental set caught the narrator’s interest, and the shop assistant began discussing its drawbacks and price.

• Yuzun tried on a form-fitting Earth Origin Artifact armor, then helped the narrator look for an armament.
• The shop assistant led them to a VIP room to watch promotional footage of the store’s centerpiece artifacts.
• The narrator rejected a dual-gun set and asked for a top-tier armament that could use every element and fight multiple opponents.
• The shop assistant showed them an experimental set with twelve floating cannons and an external energy pack, which could unleash powerful attacks but had a fatal delay.
• The narrator asked about the price, and the shop assistant said the experimental set cost as much as twelve sets of the artifact they had just bought.

The narrator and Jade Supreme bought an overpriced prototype weapon, then began purchasing rare Earth Origin Artifacts to gain control over the merchant guild’s assets. They secretly rescued their relatives and friends and reunited with them at a nearby resting place before the market upheaval began.

• The narrator and Jade Supreme negotiated the prototype weapon’s price down to one million crystals, despite Jade Supreme’s doubts about its value.
• Jade Supreme proposed hiding until her younger sister arrived, but the narrator decided to buy the shops’ signature Earth Origin Artifacts and use the purchases to manipulate the market.
• The narrator and Jade Supreme bought more than a hundred top-grade Earth Origin Artifacts and additional Chaos Stones from various shops.
• The narrator chartered a stone-washing ship and secretly brought relatives and friends to a nearby resting place in batches.
• Lei Ying rushed to the narrator and expressed her worries, Bai Yan described her anxiety, Yu Yi greeted the narrator calmly, and Faith Supreme had also been rescued.

Night Supremacy went to meet the trading guild president at Cloud Summit after the guild questioned his large purchases. The president asked whether Night Supremacy planned to auction the cultivation stones brought by his companions, leaving Night Supremacy yet to answer.

• The trading guild sent three envoys to invite Night Supremacy to meet its president, and Jade Supremacy urged him not to go.
• Night Supremacy accepted the invitation and reassured Jade Supremacy that the guild could not keep him if trouble arose.
• Night Supremacy arrived at Cloud Summit, where the guild president and more than a dozen Leading Supremacies were holding a banquet.
• After Night Supremacy and the guild president toasted, the president asked whether Night Supremacy intended to sell his companions' cultivation stones to the highest bidder.

The narrator negotiated with the merchant guild over an exclusive deal for vast quantities of cultivation stones, insisting on the current price and full purchase of each batch. The Guild Master and his senior members were shaken by the cost but became interested in pursuing a long-term trade.

• The Guild Master said the guild wanted to buy the narrator’s cultivation stones but complained that earlier purchases had tied up its working capital.
• The narrator argued that buying the guild’s Earth Origin Artifacts had returned that capital and rejected the guild’s request to buy all remaining stones for a monopoly.
• The narrator offered thirty thousand three-year stones, twenty thousand six-year stones, and ten thousand nine-year stones, shocking the Guild Master with the enormous cost.
• The narrator claimed the stones were rare treasures with value reaching into the trillions, stirring excitement among the guild members and Miss Yanci.
• The narrator said the current batch had already been sold and suggested more stones could arrive after the Earth Origin Artifacts were resold, leaving the guild eager to consider a long-term deal.

The narrator pressed the Guildmaster to decide whether to pursue a massive deal, while the Guildmaster stalled and the guild elders questioned the narrator. As the narrator prepared to leave, Yan Ci showed signs of wanting to speak, and the Guildmaster hurried to stop him.

• The Guildmaster questioned whether the narrator’s claims were true, and the narrator argued that a small number of deals could reveal the truth and bring the guild immense wealth.
• The guild elders challenged the narrator about the deal and his backing, while the narrator refused to answer their questions.
• The Guildmaster ordered Yan Ci to entertain the narrator, but Yan Ci chose to drink with him instead of dancing.
• The narrator asked Yan Ci about her background, then urged her to speak if she had something important to say.
• The Guildmaster said he needed to consult the elders of other sects before deciding, and the narrator stood to leave.
• The Guildmaster hurried to stop the narrator, who coldly asked whether he was being prevented from leaving.

The Guildmaster proposed exchanging tokens of good faith to keep Violet Sovereign from negotiating with other merchant guilds. He offered Yanci, the daughter of a Star Sea hegemon, while Violet Sovereign placed several hundred-year cultivation stones on the table as his deposit.

• The Guildmaster asked both sides to offer tokens of good faith and promised to protect Violet Sovereign and his companions.
• A merchant guild member suggested that Yanci accompany Violet Sovereign, but Yanci refused to be treated as collateral.
• The Guildmaster scolded Yanci and explained that her missing father had taken the guild’s other Heavenly Origin Artifact and promised to return with a star region.
• Violet Sovereign questioned why the guild would give Yanci away when she held the secret to opening that star region.
• Violet Sovereign offered several hundred-year cultivation stones, astonishing the merchant guild members and making the Guildmaster reconsider the value of the deal.

Zi Ye negotiated with the merchant association to protect his claim to the Heavenly Origin Artifact if he reclaimed Jing Ci’s family’s region of space. After the association accepted his position, he brought Jing Ci and his companions to luxurious new lodgings, where a dispute over room arrangements began.

• Zi Ye asked the Guild Master to guarantee that the association would not claim the Heavenly Origin Artifact if Zi Ye recovered it while reclaiming Jing Ci’s family’s region of space.
• The association members protested that three century-old cultivation stones could not justify giving up their Heavenly Origin Artifact, but Zi Ye argued that the association had already lost it through the wager.
• The Guild Master agreed that the earlier collateral and Zi Ye’s future recovery of the artifact were separate matters, and the association accepted the deal while remaining wary.
• Zi Ye returned with Jing Ci and moved his companions into a luxurious palace-grade resting area, impressing Tai Sheng, Wa Lin, Qing Ci, and the others.
• Lei Ying clung to Zi Ye and asked about her room, while Zi Xiao was pleased with her nearby room; Yu Shangzun interrupted when Zi Ye suggested Lei Ying might share his room.