Chapter Summaries

Su Muxue arrived in Central Province with Qi Zi and headed for Three Saints City, where she disguised herself as a handsome man to avoid recognition. As they entered the city, she told Qi Zi about her transformation technique and recounted how one of her past male disguises had won a female cultivator’s affection before the deception was exposed.

• Jiang Yi ordered five elders to watch Su Muxue and keep her from causing trouble near the Supreme Unity Holy Land.
• Long Wu sensed Su Muxue’s arrival in Central Province, while the Jade Pool Holy Mother warned her disciples to be cautious around Su Muxue and the Purple Mansion Saintess.
• Su Muxue showed Qi Zi the statues of Three Saints City’s founder and explained that he had lived three lives but failed to become a True Immortal.
• Su Muxue used an illusion technique to disguise herself as a handsome man before entering Three Saints City with Qi Zi.
• Su Muxue explained that she had obtained her transformation technique from the Nine-tailed Fox Clan and offered to teach it to Qi Zi.
• Su Muxue said that a female cultivator had become her Dao companion while she was disguised as a man, then tried to kill her after discovering the deception on their wedding night.

Su Muxue took Qi Zi'Fan to the Three Saints City Auction House to steal materials from its Treasure Vault instead of attending an auction. She explained that they would draw a crowd to create cover, then began probing the vault's array-protected rear wall as Qi Zi'Fan watched.

• Su Muxue told Qi Zi'Fan that the Auction House had Fire of Separation Metal and Water Metal Flame, then revealed that its next auction was half a year away and she planned to take the materials.
• Qi Zi'Fan followed Su Muxue toward the Auction House's rear and asked whether they should disguise themselves because people were watching them.
• Su Muxue explained that they should swagger in and attract attention so a crowd could serve as cover for entering the Treasure Vault.
• Passersby noticed Qi Zi'Fan's Merit Golden Ring and were shocked that someone other than Mo Daolin appeared to possess one.
• Su Muxue led Qi Zi'Fan to the unguarded rear wall and began fiddling with its powerful arrays, activating a small section.

Su Muxue dismantled the Auction House Treasure Vault’s array while Qi Zi and hundreds of cultivators watched, then entered the vault with her. After the crowd followed, five Supreme Unity Holy Land elders led by Senior Sister Qian changed into disguises and prepared to go in as well.

• Su Muxue bypassed the Auction House’s warning array and secretly dismantled the defenses around one section of the Treasure Vault while cultivators concealed her from view.
• The cultivators formed a crowd around the Green-Haired Old Taoist’s glowing head and prepared to enter the vault once Su Muxue opened it.
• Su Muxue finished breaking the array, warned the crowd not to follow her, and opened a passage through the wall before taking Qi Zi inside.
• The cultivators waited, concealed the breach with an Illusion Array, and then rushed into the Treasure Vault.
• Five Supreme Unity Holy Land elders debated whether to enter, and Senior Sister Qian led them away before returning in black disguises and ordering them not to reveal their identities.

Qian Xi and her companions joined Su Muxue and Qi Zi'Fan in plundering the Three Saints Auction House's treasure vault, triggering an alarm and a desperate escape. As the pursuers fled, Qian Xi stopped her companions at the exit and ordered them to attack with everything they had.

• Qian Xi recalled how Su Muxue had outwitted their generation and warned her junior brothers and sisters to conceal their identities while looting the vault.
• Su Muxue swept up nearby treasures, broke open a hidden chamber, and used the disturbance to draw the cultivators' attention.
• Qi Zi'Fan used the Five Colors Divine Light to seize the hidden treasures, and Su Muxue carried him toward the exit.
• Qian Xi and her companions fled behind Su Muxue as the auction house master ordered the vault sealed and the thieves pursued.
• The Green-Haired Old Taoist obstructed the other fleeing cultivators, but a powerful pursuer punched through him as he escaped.
• Qian Xi stopped her companions at the exit and told them to attack alongside her before rushing out.

Qian Xi and four Supreme Unity Holy Land disciples were caught in a powerful Scholar’s attack while fleeing the looted Treasure Vault, then surrounded by Three Saints Auction House guards. Dongfang Jianyuan suppressed them and chose to seize their belongings rather than pursue the far stronger escapees.

• Qian Xi ordered the others to attack through the exit, where an array trap exploded as they emerged.
• A green figure and a Scholar fled past Qian Xi, but the Scholar turned back and struck the five with a devastating punch that wrecked much of the Treasure Vault.
• Dongfang Jianyuan arrived with the Auction House guards and found that nearly all the vault’s treasures had been stolen.
• The guards surrounded the injured looters, and Qian Xi tried to explain that the real thieves had escaped, but Dongfang Jianyuan silenced her and the other four.
• Dongfang Jianyuan decided to capture everyone present and confiscate their treasures instead of pursuing the powerful escapees.

Su Muxue and Qi Zi escaped Three Saints City with the stolen treasures, and she divided out the Star Chasing Bow and Profound Sky Sword to him while planning to return the rest to their sect. A Scholar found them in their hiding cave, and Su Muxue recognized him as an old acquaintance who had helped cover their retreat.

• Su Muxue hid with Qi Zi in a cave outside Three Saints City and restored the eight treasures' effects.
• Su Muxue gave Qi Zi the Star Chasing Bow and Profound Sky Sword, while setting aside the other treasures for the sect.
• Su Muxue explained that she had robbed the Treasure Vault because causing trouble made her feel better, and said Qi Zi could inherit her reputation.
• A Scholar blasted open the cave entrance and confronted Su Muxue, who recognized him and learned that he had covered their retreat.
• The Scholar looked past Su Muxue at Qi Zi, pausing at his halo and Sky Gazing Mirror.

Su Muxue and Qi Zi encountered the Nine Dragons Holy Master, who revealed his feelings for her and warned her not to cause trouble in Central Province. They set off for Western Wilderness, while Three Saints City’s authorities struggled to recover their stolen treasures and confront the Supreme Unity Holy Land elders involved in the robbery.

• The Nine Dragons Holy Master confronted Su Muxue, admitted that his feelings for her outweighed his reasons to attack, and warned her to keep a low profile in Central Province.
• Su Muxue told Qi Zi that the Scholar was the former Nine Dragons Holy Son and explained that he had fallen for her after she tricked him; she refused to reveal details about her former female Dao companion.
• Su Muxue erased the cave and left with Qi Zi for Western Wilderness, traveling by flight because Central Province’s barrier prevented her from teleporting.
• Dongfang Jianyuan learned that five Supreme Unity Holy Land elders were among the bandits who had robbed Three Saints City’s Treasure Vault and worried about how to handle them.
• The city lord ordered Dongfang Jianyuan to demand compensation from the minor sects and return Qian Xi and the other four elders to Supreme Unity Holy Land while taking a tough stance.

Jiang Yi reprimanded Qian Xi and four elders for being caught after Su Muxue used them as scapegoats, then ordered them to receive the God-Slaying Whip. Meanwhile, Su Muxue carried Qi Zi toward the Western Wilderness, regaling him with her schemes until a heavily promoted livestream interrupted their flight.

• Dongfang Jianyuan demanded that Jiang Yi discipline the elders, and Jiang Yi promised City Lord Huo that the incident would not happen again.
• Jiang Yi scolded Qian Xi for forgetting to leave before Su Muxue and ordered her to take one hundred strikes of the God-Slaying Whip, while the other four elders received fifty strikes each.
• Su Muxue and Qi Zi continued flying toward the Western Wilderness as she recounted her past schemes and Qi Zi admired her skill at setting people up.
• Both of their phones received a notice about a livestream promoted to all of Zifu, so they opened it to see what was happening.
• Su Muxue and Qi Zi were startled when the livestream showed a giant face pressed close to the camera.

Qi Zi watched Zhou Yuan teach Purple Mansion Holy Land’s first livestreamed public class, which turned into an online lecture with homework. The chapter ended with the disciples dreading their written reflections while Fan Jianqiang tricked Lu Ming into writing an extra one for him.

• Su Muxue used Qi Zi’s phone to tell Zhou Yuan to move farther from the camera, then prompted the disciples to type “one” when they understood.
• Zhou Yuan began preaching about seeking the Dao and assigned every disciple to submit written insights within three days, warning them against copying.
• Fan Jianqiang complained about the lecture and homework, while Lu Ming asked him to change his misleading livestream username.
• Fan Jianqiang persuaded Lu Ming that the username was part of his tempering and promised to return it after Lu Ming passed a test.
• Lu Ming agreed to write Fan Jianqiang an additional reflection, while the other disciples despaired over their new homework.

After Zhou Yuan assigned the Purple Mansion disciples written insights, Divine Calculator and the Holy Son added more assignments, while Qi Zi worried over Su Muxue’s schemes. The lecture ended, and Su Muxue decided to livestream her own “valuable experience” teaching, leaving Qi Zi to start the broadcast as she prepared to address the disciples.

• Divine Calculator ordered Zhao Yang to write him a separate insight within three days, and counted on assigning examinations to all thirty-seven of his followers.
• The Holy Son told the Protector Disciples to write two different insights, while Purple Mansion Disciples across the Holy Land struggled with the assignment.
• Qi Zi told Su Muxue that Zhou Yuan seemed to hold a grudge against him, and she urged him not to write an insight despite having suggested the assignment herself.
• Zhou Yuan lectured for half a day, then ended the livestream and demanded that the disciples submit their insights within three days.
• Su Muxue asked Qi Zi to start a livestream so she could share her travel experience and teach the disciples how to make Dao lectures more interesting.

Su Muxue livestreamed advice to Purple Mansion disciples about how to act when traveling in the Cultivation World, arguing that pretending to be weak had become an overused trick. She revealed that her next lesson was to choose the fourth approach—using one’s identity to act arrogantly—leaving Qi Zi and Mo Daolin wondering what she was about to do.

• Su Muxue asked livestream viewers how they would conduct themselves outside the sect, and most chose to conceal their abilities and pretend to be weak.
• Su Muxue explained that cultivators everywhere now expected that tactic and took precautions against it, while Mo Daolin remembered how her past ambushes had taught an entire generation to use it.
• Su Muxue called pretending to be weak an old Purple Mansion tradition and taught the principle: “What others don't have, I have. What others have, I make superior. What others have perfected, I make exquisite. What others have made exquisite, I advance!”
• Su Muxue explained that the disciples should improve on popular tactics and then move on to better ones.
• Su Muxue told the stunned viewers that they should choose the fourth answer and rely on their identities to act arrogantly, leaving Mo Daolin speechless.

Su Muxue taught the Purple Mansion Disciples how to survive by flaunting their status, fleeing danger, and striking through ambushes rather than fighting head-on. She also explained how to feign abandoning a secret-realm treasure, gather allies, and ambush whoever claimed it, leaving the disciples astonished by her schemes.

• Su Muxue told the disciples to openly rely on their Holy Land status and act arrogantly, explaining that everyone already expected others to pretend to be weak.
• Qi Zi, Mo Daolin, Fan Jianqiang, and Jiu Wu recognized the logic in Su Muxue’s strategy of appearing fierce while quietly judging others.
• Lu Ming asked what to do if someone targeted a disciple who was pretending to be powerful, and Su Muxue introduced her advice for handling danger.
• Su Muxue instructed the disciples to flee from uncertain opponents, then ambush them to assess their strength and either fight or escape again.
• Su Muxue advised the disciples to pretend to give up a supreme treasure, gather allies while others fought, and ambush whoever obtained it.

Lin Fan learned that Lin Firmament had revealed his identity, advanced his cultivation, and obtained an Alchemy Furnace, then began planning to use Great Strength Pills to help respected elders and earn merit. After giving Zhou Na a Spiritual Energy Pill, he discovered it caused dramatic bodily changes, and Zhou Qi walked in on the awkward scene.

• Lin Fan watched Lin Firmament's message, found the Alchemy Furnace she had left behind, and learned that Zhang Xuanzhi had become acquainted with him.
• Lin Fan checked the news about Lin Firmament's recent actions and concluded that his Golden Core Mid-Stage cultivation would help him handle the authorities if needed.
• Lin Fan asked Zhou Na to help contact respected elders, including the Magic Rice Ancestor and people involved in the Two Bombs, One Satellite program, so he could give them Great Strength Pills.
• Lin Fan gave Zhou Na a Spiritual Energy Pill, and her chest grew so much that a button on her blouse flew off.
• Zhou Qi returned home, saw Zhou Na covering herself, and suspected that something intimate had happened between her and Lin Fan.

Lin Fan recruited Zhou Xiaoran by giving her parents Great Strength Pills that cured their late-stage cancers and restored their youth. After seeing the pills’ effects, Zhou Xiaoran trusted Lin Fan and began to wonder what her own Spiritual Energy Pill would do.

• After leaving Zhou Na’s home, Lin Fan decided to recruit Zhou Xiaoran and bring her into the greenhouse to help manage spiritual medicine.
• Lin Fan visited the Zhou family and found a spirit tablet honoring him as their benefactor.
• Lin Fan asked Zhou Xiaoran to join him and gave her two Great Strength Pills to treat her parents, along with a Spiritual Energy Pill for herself.
• Zhou Xiaoran gave the Great Strength Pills to her parents, who soon felt better and appeared more than ten years younger.
• Zhou Xiaoran rejoiced at her parents’ recovery, while her father offered incense to Lin Fan and she wondered about the pill meant for her.

After Zhou Xiaoran transformed into her youthful self, Lin Fan took her to buy clothes and brought her back to Green Mountain Town to work with Old Chen. Meanwhile, Liu Gang and a team from the Resident Happiness Living Department arrived to question Wu Guodong about Lin Fan.

• Zhou Xiaoran saw her transformed reflection and left home with Lin Fan after saying goodbye to her parents.
• Lin Fan took Zhou Xiaoran shopping, where she bought inexpensive clothes and dyed her crew cut in bright colors.
• Lin Fan brought Zhou Xiaoran to Green Mountain Town, where Zhou Na arranged an apartment for her and Lin Fan planned to introduce her to Old Chen.
• Liu Gang arrived with nine Zhongshan Suit-clad colleagues, showed Wu Guodong his credentials, and asked whether Lin Fan was the bureau's scientific adviser.

Liu Gang questioned Wu Guodong about Lin Fan’s abilities and investigated whether his fortune-telling claims were true. After seeing Zhou Xiaoran’s rejuvenated parents, Liu Gang tried to visit her, but they refused, so Wu Guodong stepped in to handle them.

• Liu Gang questioned Wu Guodong about why Lin Fan became a scientific consultant, and Wu Guodong explained the cases Lin Fan had solved through fortune-telling.
• Liu Gang read Wu Guodong’s report, agreed to pass it on unchanged, and took Wu Guodong to see Zhou Xiaoran’s family.
• Liu Gang and Wu Guodong reviewed detailed files on Zhou Xiaoran’s family and recognized Lin Fan’s G-Wagon in a recent photograph.
• Liu Gang and Wu Guodong saw Father Zhou and Mother Zhou looking much younger and healthier than before.
• Liu Gang introduced himself as being from the Resident Happiness Living Department and asked to see Zhou Xiaoran, but her parents refused.
• Wu Guodong told Liu Gang that his approach would not work and offered to handle the conversation.

Wu Guodong and Liu Gang discovered that Lin Fan had cured Zhou Xiaoran’s parents’ late-stage cancer, prompting the Resident Happiness Living Department to reconsider its cautious approach. After a senior meeting, its officials voted to contact Lin Fan and show goodwill, assigning Seventh to make the approach.

• Wu Guodong and Liu Gang visited Zhou Xiaoran’s parents and learned that Lin Fan had cured their cancer and restored their health.
• Liu Gang arranged a full examination, which confirmed that the Zhou parents had no cancer cells and were exceptionally healthy.
• Liu Gang reported the findings and the question of meeting Lin Fan to the Resident Happiness Living Department headquarters.
• The department’s senior officials discussed Lin Fan’s abilities and voted to contact him and show goodwill.
• The person in charge assigned Seventh to approach Lin Fan because someone in Seventh’s family was ill.

Lin Fan brought Zhou Xiaoran to the Greenhouse Area to help Old Chen, but her Exquisite Body began absorbing spiritual energy and she unconsciously stepped onto the Immortal Path. Lin Fan let her consider following her instincts to develop a cultivation method, though Old Chen advised her not to try yet.

• Lin Fan introduced Zhou Xiaoran to Old Chen as a helper for the spiritual medicines and formations.
• Zhou Xiaoran froze as her Exquisite Body passively absorbed spiritual energy, astonishing Lin Fan, Zhou Na, and Old Chen.
• After absorbing spiritual energy for more than ten minutes, Zhou Xiaoran regained awareness and described inner energy and cultivation ideas emerging in her mind.
• Lin Fan recognized that Zhou Xiaoran had unconsciously begun cultivating and considered whether she should develop her own technique instead of receiving one from Purple Mansion Holy Land.
• Lin Fan told Zhou Xiaoran she could try if her instincts said it was safe, but Old Chen urged her not to try for the time being.

Zhou Xiaoran began learning to cultivate, while Lin Fan worried that the greenhouse’s limited spiritual energy could not support her and Zhou Na’s imminent breakthrough. As Lin Fan and Old Chen planned a backup Spirit Gathering Array, Wu Guodong called to say a highly ranked official was on the way to meet Lin Fan in Green Mountain Town.

• Old Chen realized Zhou Xiaoran had absorbed enough spiritual energy to wilt the greenhouse herbs, so Lin Fan told her to stop absorbing it there and instead experiment with how it circulated through her body.
• Zhou Na asked Lin Fan to assess her impending Martial Art breakthrough, and he found her Inner Force was near its limit; he advised her to return before breaking through so he could give her a pill to help transform it into True Essence.
• Lin Fan asked Old Chen about building an electrically powered Spirit Gathering Array, and they discussed the need for reliable high-voltage power and a backup supply.
• Old Chen worried he would be investigated because his rejuvenated appearance no longer matched his identity, while Lin Fan suggested asking the Old Celestial Master about proving who he was.
• As the group welcomed Zhou Xiaoran over dinner, Wu Guodong called to say a top-ranking official was on the way to meet Lin Fan in Green Mountain Town.

Lin Fan demonstrated his overwhelming strength to Seventh Vice Minister Huang Shi and proposed cooperating to restore spiritual energy so he could pursue immortality. Huang Shi considered the far-reaching consequences, leaving the decision to cooperate unresolved.

• Lin Fan snapped his fingers and twisted Liu Gang’s team’s black umbrellas into balls, then returned them to their owners to show that inspections were unnecessary.
• Huang Shi arrived and met Lin Fan, Zhou Xiaoran, and Old Chen, while Liu Gang and the others waited outside.
• Outside, Liu Gang threw a black ball at a mocking kingfisher, which flung it back hard enough to dislocate and fracture his hand.
• Lin Fan introduced Zhou Xiaoran and Old Chen, explaining that they had changed dramatically, and told Huang Shi he wanted cooperation for mutual benefit.
• Lin Fan said he needed help pursuing immortality because spiritual energy had withered, and argued that even ordinary people might live to about two hundred years.
• Huang Shi weighed the benefits against the social and environmental problems, while Lin Fan left the choice of cooperation to him.