Chapter Summaries

Ling Wuyuan refined Marching Pills at the Alchemy Institute, impressing Su Jinwen and Yao Yueyan with his precise control of heat and the pills’ purity. Yao Yueyan discovered that the pills were dangerously potent for ordinary cultivators, while Ling Wuyuan claimed his strong physique let him handle them.

• Ling Wuyuan used demon flames and his True Qi to refine a batch of Marching Pills with golden patterns.
• Su Jinwen praised Ling Wuyuan’s natural command of heat and timing, and said his alchemy talent rivaled his cultivation talent.
• Yao Yueyan recognized that the pills had extracted the ingredients’ medicinal properties well and contained little pill toxin.
• Yao Yueyan swallowed a pill, felt its effects were too intense, and spat it out.
• Ling Wuyuan revealed he had used three thousand-year Purple Blood Ginseng roots and two jin of thirty-year Golden Thorn Grass, prompting Yao Yueyan and Su Jinwen to question whether Qi Nourishing Realm cultivators could safely take the pills.
• Ling Wuyuan said his physique was strong enough to take the potent pills.

Ling Wuyuan’s rapid recovery and self-adaptation let him cultivate at a punishing pace, while his unusual, constantly changing body became the focus of the Alchemy Institute’s curiosity. Later, he visited the injured Yan Xiujin, who asked him for healing medicine, but he warned her that Yuan Yujun might punish her again.

• Ling Wuyuan pushed his cultivation by accelerating his techniques and exhausting his body, relying on recovery and adequate nutrition to withstand the strain.
• Su Jinwen, Yao Yueyan, and members of the Alchemy Institute examined Ling Wuyuan and speculated about his unusually high number of bones and possible bloodline.
• Ling Wuyuan reflected that his body continually adapted to his environment, cultivation techniques, and thoughts, so its structure could change over time.
• Pei Yiman brought Ling Wuyuan to visit Yan Xiujin, who was recovering from Yuan Yujun’s punishment and eagerly accepted food from Pei Yiman.
• Pei Yiman asked Ling Wuyuan about his potential as an alchemy grandmaster, and he said it would take time and effort.
• Yan Xiujin asked Ling Wuyuan to secretly make healing medicine for her, but he warned that Yuan Yujun might beat her again, so she dropped the request.

Ling Wuyuan explained to Pei Yi that he wanted to study several extraordinary arts to strengthen his cultivation, and Pei Yi supported him. After spending several dozen days visiting the institutes, Ling Wuyuan naturally broke through to the Source Gathering Realm.

• Ling Wuyuan told Pei Yi he wanted to learn the basics of different extraordinary arts, and Pei Yi encouraged him to pursue his ambitions.
• Ling Wuyuan asked Pei Yi to chat with him from time to time, while Yan Xiujin felt ignored as Pei Yi fed her.
• Over the following several dozen days, Ling Wuyuan visited institutes including the Artifact Refining Institute, the Puppet Institute, and the Calligraphy and Painting Institute to connect his book knowledge with firsthand experience.
• While speaking with Pei Yi, Yan Xiujin, and Pei Suxia, Ling Wuyuan suddenly announced that he needed to level up and moved to an open area of the courtyard.
• Ling Wuyuan absorbed the surrounding spiritual energy amid powerful phenomena and reached the Source Gathering Realm.

Ling Wuyuan advanced to the Source Gathering Realm and absorbed a vast amount of spiritual energy, revealing his unusually powerful and resilient body. Yuan Yujun arrived, became interested in testing his defensive strength, and began activating a formation after he accepted her offer of improved Library Tower privileges.

• Ling Wuyuan advanced to the Source Gathering Realm, replacing the use of his Qi and Blood with spiritual energy as the source of his true qi.
• Ling Wuyuan drew spiritual energy from a hundred-meter radius, and Pei Suxia estimated that his true qi capacity far exceeded that of ordinary Source Gathering Realm cultivators.
• Yuan Yujun arrived and remarked on Ling Wuyuan's exceptionally perfect body, while Wu Yanlian said she could absorb more spiritual energy than him but could not do so as quickly.
• Yuan Yujun asked to test Ling Wuyuan's defensive strength in exchange for raising his Library Tower reading privileges, and he agreed.
• Yuan Yujun activated part of the Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion's formation around herself, Ling Wuyuan, and the surrounding area.

Ling Wuyuan let Yuan Yujun test his defense and emerged nearly unharmed, revealing that his body healed quickly and that he cultivated fifteen body-refinement techniques. Yuan Yujun and the others became so eager to examine him that they pounced toward him.

• Ling Wuyuan stood still and let Yuan Yujun's energy attack hit him, while the formation contained its blast.
• The observers worried about Ling Wuyuan, but Pei Yi remained calm, and Yuan Yujun saw that he had suffered only a shallow chest wound.
• Ling Wuyuan's wound healed within seconds, and he told Yuan Yujun that his special body made even his eyes exceptionally well defended.
• Ling Wuyuan said he was cultivating fifteen body-refinement techniques at once, astonishing Yuan Yujun.
• Yuan Yujun pounced on Ling Wuyuan to examine him, and Wu Yanlian and the others eagerly joined in.

Ling Wuyuan let Yuan Yujun and the others examine his unusual physique and revealed that he cultivated twenty-seven methods at once. His companions were shocked and struggled to understand how he could manage something that most cultivators could not safely do with more than a few methods.

• Ling Wuyuan considered how his body had become a special physique through his crossing, [Abyssal Divine Speed], and cultivation.
• Yuan Yujun examined Ling Wuyuan and wondered why more than fifteen streams of true qi circulated inside him.
• Ling Wuyuan explained that he cultivated twenty-seven methods: fifteen body-tempering methods and twelve qi-refining methods.
• Yao Yueyan understood why Ling Wuyuan consumed such large amounts of medicine after learning about his many cultivation methods.
• Yuan Yujun and the others were shocked by Ling Wuyuan's feat, while Wu Yanlian found it incomprehensible given the dangers and difficulty of cultivating multiple methods at once.

Wu Yanlian and the others were astonished by Ling Wuyuan’s ability to circulate twenty-seven cultivation techniques at once, then quickly adjusted to the revelation. Wu Yanlian proposed that he join her at the multinational Imperial Grand Competition, hoping to see his abilities firsthand.

• Wu Yanlian examined Ling Wuyuan and marveled at how smoothly his true qi circulated while twenty-seven techniques operated simultaneously.
• Yao Yueyan and Pei Suxia defended their own examinations of Ling Wuyuan, while Yuan Yujun continued pondering his unusual bodily structure.
• Yan Xiujin demanded to join in feeling Ling Wuyuan, but Yuan Yujun stopped her with a slap from afar.
• Wu Yanlian invited Ling Wuyuan to the multinational Imperial Grand Competition, promising plentiful rewards and company from Master and Sixth Junior Sister.
• Wu Yanlian offered to arrange a date with Yao Yueyan so she could study Ling Wuyuan, and Yao Yueyan considered the proposal.

Ling Wuyuan agreed to attend the Imperial Grand Competition and planned to explore the Capital City with Pei Yi, while reflecting on how his relationships had changed him. When Pei Yi asked how he wanted to celebrate his upcoming birthday, their companions offered chaotic suggestions, and Yuan Yujun discovered her own idea matched Wu Yanlian’s.

• Ling Wuyuan told Pei Yi he would attend the Imperial Grand Competition and agreed to explore the Capital City with her.
• Ling Wuyuan and Pei Yi discussed how to celebrate his birthday, but neither had a clear plan.
• Pei Yi asked Wu Yanlian and the others for birthday ideas, and Wu Yanlian suggested drugging the food while the others proposed an appetite stimulant, an outing, or asking their Master.
• Yuan Yujun overheard the discussion, realized she had no better suggestion than drugging the food, and was distressed to find herself on the same level as Wu Yanlian.

Ten days later, Ling Wuyuan traveled with Yuan Yujun aboard the Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion’s colossal Jade Night Tower Ship for a public event. Yuan Yujun’s martial aunt praised Ling’s talent and acknowledged that Yuan had been right to bring him to the mountain.

• Ling Wuyuan watched the Jade Night Tower Ship fly over the shrinking buildings and heard Yuan Yujun explain that the ship was the Pavilion’s ceremonial vehicle and a powerful War Weapon.
• Yuan Yujun’s martial aunt scolded her for wishing to fire the ship’s weapon, citing the cost and time required to use it.
• The martial aunt urged Ling Wuyuan to cultivate his artifact-refining talent and visit the Artifact Refining Institute for guidance.
• After Ling Wuyuan slipped away, Yuan Yujun’s martial aunt admitted that she had initially objected to Yuan allowing a man onto the mountain but now considered Ling worth investing in.

Yuan Yujun’s martial uncle, Zhu Danfeng, praised her judgment in choosing Ling Wuyuan, then urged her to deepen his ties to Pei Yiman and Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion. Yuan Yujun resisted interfering in the juniors’ relationship, and Zhu Danfeng’s suggestion to drug him left her reminding her martial uncle that their sect was righteous.

• Yuan Yujun learned that her martial uncle approved of her decisions and felt proud rather than worried about being scolded.
• The chapter described how Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion sent more than ten Enlightened Intent Realm cultivators aboard the Jade Night Tower Ship, demonstrating its overwhelming power to nearby countries.
• Zhu Danfeng told Yuan Yujun that the sect’s senior members valued Ling Wuyuan’s talent and wanted his ties to Pei Yiman and Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion strengthened.
• Yuan Yujun argued that the juniors should get along without the elders interfering, admitting she did not understand romantic love or know how to play matchmaker.
• Zhu Danfeng tentatively suggested drugging Ling Wuyuan, and Yuan Yujun objected that a righteous and honorable sect should not do that.

Ling Wuyuan explored the Jade Night Tower Ship and reflected on its advanced rune technology and the gap in knowledge between cultivators of different backgrounds. Pei Suxia offered to show him around, and he accepted her help.

• Ling Wuyuan explored the Jade Night Tower Ship, observing its gun barrels, rune-imbued flags, autonomous puppets, and Ship Spirit.
• Ling Wuyuan considered how the ship’s rune technology contrasted with the lives and understanding of ordinary people and rogue cultivators.
• Pei Suxia noticed Ling Wuyuan wandering and asked whether he had gotten used to the ship.
• Ling Wuyuan admitted that some parts of the ship still puzzled him and asked Pei Suxia to help him familiarize himself with it.
• Pei Suxia agreed to show Ling Wuyuan around.

Pei Suxia showed Ling Wuyuan around the Jade Night Tower Ship, explaining its expanded interior and powerful metal combat puppets. When Ling Wuyuan asked where the girls who had tried to drug him were hiding, Pei Suxia awkwardly claimed she did not know.

• Pei Suxia explained that spatial runes made the Jade Night Tower Ship’s interior ten times larger, allowing it to shelter the Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion if necessary.
• Ling Wuyuan learned the ship’s layout as Pei Suxia showed him around its rooms and corridors.
• Ling Wuyuan examined rows of black metal combat puppets and sensed that they could threaten him if he did not use Abyssal Divine Speed.
• Pei Suxia explained that the puppets could kill Spirit Infusion Realm cultivators and, with the ship’s automated weapons, might even kill Enlightened Intent Realm cultivators.
• Ling Wuyuan asked where the girls who had tried to drug him were hiding, and Pei Suxia recalled their disastrous attempt and claimed she did not know.

On Ling Wuyuan’s birthday, Pei Yiman and the others secretly put an excessive dose of medicine in his soup, hoping to help her pursue him, but her embarrassment made her flee before they could settle their feelings. Later, Ling Wuyuan cornered Pei Suxia until she agreed to reveal the others’ rooms while keeping her involvement secret.

• Wu Yanlian, Yao Yueyan, Yan Xiujin, and Pei Suxia debated how much secret medicine to put in Ling Wuyuan’s birthday soup, and Pei Yi ultimately used half a bottle.
• Ling Wuyuan recognized the medicine and the others’ involvement, but drank the soup to avoid disappointing Pei Yiman.
• Ling Wuyuan suppressed the medicine’s effects and tried to tell Pei Yiman that she did not need to rely on the others’ schemes and that he understood her feelings.
• Pei Yiman panicked when she realized Ling Wuyuan knew the truth and fled, while Wu Yanlian and the others hid from him.
• Ling Wuyuan later pressed Pei Suxia for an explanation, and she agreed to reveal the others’ rooms while asking him to pretend Master had told him.

After Ling Wuyuan discovered the women’s scheme, he punished Yan Xiujin, Wu Yanlian, Pei Suxia, and Yao Yueyan for their tricks. He left after making them promise not to try anything like it again, while the women recovered from their sore backsides.

• Yan Xiujin complained about hiding from Ling Wuyuan, and Wu Yanlian slapped her and ordered her to answer the door.
• Yan Xiujin saw Ling Wuyuan arrive with Yao Yueyan and Pei Suxia, then tried to shut the door before he carried her into the room.
• Wu Yanlian tried to assert her seniority, but Yao Yueyan and Pei Suxia pinned her down while Ling Wuyuan spanked Yan Xiujin.
• Ling Wuyuan gave Wu Yanlian a hundred strikes and warned the women not to use strange tricks again; they agreed, and he left.
• Wu Yanlian, Yan Xiujin, and Pei Suxia lay down to recover, while Wu Yanlian joked that Ling Wuyuan should take responsibility for spanking her.

Ling Wuyuan reconciled with Pei Yiman through an intimate encounter, then headed to breakfast with Yan Xiujin as the Jade Night Tower Ship approached Capital City. Yan Xiujin learned that the group would have to meet the royal family and local forces before they could go shopping.

• Ling Wuyuan visited Pei Yiman and swept her into her room after declaring that it was time for them to grow.
• After more than ten hours, Ling Wuyuan emerged refreshed and told Yan Xiujin that Pei Yiman was exhausted from their long reconciliation.
• Yan Xiujin demanded ten meals from Ling Wuyuan as the price of reconsidering whether to marry him alongside her Sixth Senior Sister.
• Ling Wuyuan agreed to take Yan Xiujin and the other Senior Sisters sightseeing in Capital City and cover their expenses.
• Wu Yanlian told Yan Xiujin that the group had to meet the royal family and local forces first, so shopping would have to wait until at least the next day.

Ling Wuyuan teased Wu Yanlian about her lack of pocket money, then agreed to treat her and complimented her beauty. Wu Yanlian questioned him about Sixth Junior Sister, and his vague explanation left her convinced she understood what had happened.

• Wu Yanlian asked Ling Wuyuan if he would pay for their shopping, and he agreed after she explained how tightly Yuan Yujun controlled her pocket money.
• Wu Yanlian warmed to Ling Wuyuan, who called her as beautiful as a flower, while Yan Xiujin grumbled that he was flattering her.
• Wu Yanlian asked Ling Wuyuan what had happened between him and Sixth Junior Sister after he visited her room.
• Ling Wuyuan repeated his evasive explanation, and Wu Yanlian accepted it as if she understood.

As the Jade Night Tower Ship approached the Capital City, Yao Yueyan explained the Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion’s arrangement with the White Mist Royal Family and hinted that Jade Night Snow Mountain held a great secret. She then revealed she knew about Ling Wuyuan and Sixth Junior Sister, leaving him embarrassed as she pressed him for details.

• The Jade Night Tower Ship sounded its arrival chime, and its passengers gathered to look through the mist below.
• Yao Yueyan told Ling Wuyuan that the Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion rarely visited the Capital City and effectively controlled Snow Deer Prefecture despite the royal family’s nominal rule.
• Ling Wuyuan asked why the pavilion did not take over White Mist Country, and Yao Yueyan said Jade Night Snow Mountain was its true focus and other territories were not worth managing.
• Yao Yueyan explained that the White Mist Royal Family knew Jade Night Snow Mountain held a secret, though it did not know what the secret was or whether it could benefit them.
• Yao Yueyan told Ling Wuyuan she knew what had happened between him and Sixth Junior Sister, and Ling Wuyuan asked her not to tell Senior Yuan.
• Yao Yueyan demanded to know what Ling Wuyuan and Sixth Junior Sister had done after taking off their clothes, leaving him unable to answer.

Ling Wuyuan showed Pei Yiman and the others the many Spirit Infusion Realm weapons inherited from Azure Lake White Stream Palace, though his private demonstration of a different kind of divine weapon left Yao Yueyan flustered. The Jade Night Tower Ship reached its destination, and the group spotted a vast ancient city below.

• Pei Yi asked Ling Wuyuan why Yao Yueyan looked shocked, and he said she had seen a divine weapon that was unsuitable for public display.
• Ling Wuyuan told Pei Yiman not to discuss the matter further because he feared Senior Yuan's reaction, then revealed a crimson longsword from the weapons in her spatial ring.
• Ling Wuyuan displayed numerous Spirit Infusion Realm weapons and invited the group to choose some, but Pei Suxia explained they already had suitable backups and could not use the higher-grade weapons effectively.
• The Jade Night Tower Ship rang its arrival bells, and Ling Wuyuan put away the weapons before joining Pei Yiman, Wu Yanlian, and the others at the railing.
• The group looked down and saw a huge ancient city standing in the distance.

Ling Wuyuan and the Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion arrived at the city hosting the Imperial Grand Competition, drawing the attention of its residents. The White Mist Royal Family and the pavilion’s local representatives welcomed Pavilion Master Yuan Yujun, who ordered them to lead the group to the sect’s residence.

• The Jade Night Tower Ship approached the city, and its enormous size startled pedestrians below.
• Guan Xiangfei and Jiang Xing spotted the ship and complained enviously that Ling Wuyuan had joined Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion and now lived among its women.
• Ling Wuyuan heard their distant insults and wondered why it sounded like dogs were barking.
• Soldiers and masked women riding flying demon beasts formed welcoming parties and greeted Yuan Yujun as she appeared on deck.
• Yuan Yujun told the welcoming parties to lead the group to the sect’s residence so they could rest.

Yuan Yujun’s disciples traveled aboard the Jade Night Tower Ship to the Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion’s territory in the Capital City, while Yan Xiujin’s boast about taking her Master’s position earned her a harsher cultivation schedule. The ship arrived at the ancient Cold Moon Palace, which Pei Suxia said had belonged to the Pavilion for eight thousand years and survived the fall of the previous dynasty.

• Yan Xiujin bragged to Ling Wuyuan that she would become Pavilion Master, and Wu Yanlian mocked her chances.
• Yan Xiujin declared she might seize Yuan Yujun’s position herself, so Yuan Yujun praised her ambition and threatened to increase her cultivation tasks.
• Wu Yanlian caught Yan Xiujin as she nearly collapsed, while Pei Suxia stepped away and Ling Wuyuan admired the escort and its Capital City Defensive Array control tokens.
• The Jade Night Tower Ship reached the Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion’s grand Capital City residence after about twenty minutes of travel.
• Pei Suxia identified the residence as Cold Moon Palace and told Ling Wuyuan that the Pavilion had controlled it for eight thousand years, even through the previous dynasty’s destruction.