Chapter Summaries

Lin Heng sold Yun Yao to Sun You for three thousand Spirit Coins, but Yun Yao struck Sun You into a wall and later gave Lin Heng a magic artifact. Meanwhile, Sun Yinan pressed Black Robe for a solution as the Dynasty and Green Pavilion Sect investigated their schemes.

• Sun You propositioned Lin Heng for Yun Yao, and Lin Heng accepted three thousand Spirit Coins for her.
• Yun Yao punched Sun You and another man into a wall, paid for the meal, then dragged Lin Heng away.
• Yun Yao scolded Lin Heng for selling her, then gave him the Spirit Treasure Gourd as compensation.
• Sun Yinan warned Black Robe that the Dynasty and Green Pavilion Sect were investigating them and demanded a solution.

Black Robe and Sun Yinan planned to use the Blood Moon Cult’s young master to kill the Green Pavilion Sect disciples, but Sun Yinan’s son was killed by Yun Yao, prompting him to demand revenge. Lin Heng coordinated an ambush with the Justice Bureau’s Bureau Chief, who revealed that he had secretly reported the City Lord’s Mansion to the Dynasty.

• Black Robe told Sun Yinan that the Dynasty already knew about their dealings and urged him to rely on the Blood Moon Cult’s young master to kill the three Green Pavilion Sect disciples at the Flower Pavilion.
• Sun Yinan’s steward reported that his son had been slapped to death by a woman, and Sun Yinan vowed to capture the killer alive and avenge him.
• Black Robe promised to find a way to help Sun Yinan, though he did not agree to capture a Golden Core Realm cultivator.
• Lin Heng went to the Justice Bureau and confirmed with the Bureau Chief that their preparations for an ambush had not been leaked.
• The Bureau Chief admitted that he had informed the Dynasty about Sun Yinan’s dealings, hoping to bring down the City Lord and earn a promotion.

Lin Heng and the Bureau Chief went to Witty Flower Pavilion to investigate the three deaths, where Lin Heng recognized a cultivator and discovered a jade key that the City Lord's Mansion had planted as a trap. As Lin Heng cultivated in the room next to the purple-skirted woman, she decided to target him and plunder his Yang Essence.

• Lin Heng and the Bureau Chief entered Witty Flower Pavilion and learned about its elegant literary gathering and the talented woman Xu Rong.
• On the third floor, Lin Heng recognized a purple-skirted woman as a cultivator and took a room between hers and the Bureau Chief's.
• Lin Heng found a Wealth Grain Jade Key in a red sandalwood box and learned that people from the City Lord's Mansion were watching him in hopes he would steal it.
• Lin Heng pocketed the key and cultivated with a Foundation Stabilizing Pill, drawing away the spiritual energy the purple-skirted woman needed.
• The purple-skirted woman decided to target Lin Heng, hoping to plunder his Yang Essence and advance her cultivation.

Lin Heng faced Jiang Caiyan, a demoness whose cultivation had fallen to the Qi Refining Realm but who could still wield powerful arts. He used a Spirit Treasure Gourd to knock her unconscious, then tied her up and searched her belongings.

• Jiang Caiyan appeared before Lin Heng and realized she could hear his thoughts.
• Lin Heng attacked Jiang Caiyan, but her demonic power and spells overwhelmed him.
• Jiang Caiyan tried to capture Lin Heng and make him her slave, while he baited her into using a powerful attack.
• Lin Heng's Spirit Treasure Gourd repelled Jiang Caiyan's Nether Flame and struck her Divine Soul with a Sound Wave Echo, knocking her unconscious.
• Lin Heng carried Jiang Caiyan to the bed, searched her Storage Ring, and tied her up as she began to wake.

Lin Heng forced Jiang Caiyan to reveal how to use the Beast Seal, then branded her with it to keep her under control. He kept her detained while waiting for news from Ye Tian and Yun Yao.

• Lin Heng questioned the bound Jiang Caiyan, who identified herself as the Blood Moon Cult's young master, but he did not believe her and slapped her twice.
• Lin Heng demanded that Jiang Caiyan explain how to use her Beast Seal, and she gave him the instructions after he threatened her.
• Lin Heng connected the Beast Seal to himself and mastered its incantation.
• Lin Heng used the Beast Seal on Jiang Caiyan while her cultivation had fallen back to the Qi Refining Realm, successfully branding her forehead and controlling her.
• Lin Heng told Jiang Caiyan he would keep her detained until Ye Tian and Yun Yao sent word and they could return home.

Lin Heng reached Qi Refining Third Layer after opening his third Spirit Wheel, then hurried to South City after Yun Yao called for help. Yun Yao was captured by Black Robe and Sun Yinan, who planned to force her to bear him a child.

• The Bureau Chief learned that Lin Heng had driven away the villain and left him alone with Jiang Caiyan.
• After three days of cultivation, Lin Heng opened his third Spirit Wheel and reached Qi Refining Third Layer.
• Lin Heng received Yun Yao's broken call for help from South City and left Jiang Caiyan behind.
• Black Robe's forces poisoned Yun Yao and captured her after she resisted their attacks at the Affection Crossing Inn.
• Sun Yinan confronted the bound Yun Yao and decided to make her bear him a child, while Black Robe agreed with the plan.

Lin Heng and Ye Tian planned to rescue Yun Yao from the City Lord's Mansion as Ye Tian investigated its ties to the Blood Moon Cult. Jiang Caiyan ordered the cult to abandon Golden Horse City, while Sun Yinan prepared to have Yun Yao drugged and crippled, unaware that danger was closing in.

• Black Robe advised Sun Yinan to drug Yun Yao and crush her Golden Core, while Yun Yao overheard their plans and regretted leaving Lin Heng.
• Ye Tian and Lin Heng went to South City after receiving Yun Yao's distress signal, and Ye Tian explained that the City Lord's Mansion colluded with the Blood Moon Cult.
• Ye Tian proposed that Lin Heng act as bait while he entered the City Lord's Mansion to rescue Yun Yao, and Lin Heng recognized the plan as a trap.
• Jiang Caiyan told Black Robe to abandon Golden Horse City because her cultivation had been damaged and she could not face the Green Pavilion Sect disciples.
• Sun Yinan's steward reported that Yun Yao had been given the drug, and Sun Yinan ordered preparations for a banquet while waiting for Black Robe to cripple her.

Lin Heng rescued Yun Yao from the City Lord's Mansion, while Ye Tian killed Sun Yinan and vowed to destroy the estate. At the inn, Lin Heng learned that Ye Tian's supposed antidote was actually a potent Spring Poison pill, leaving Yun Yao's condition far more dangerous.

• Lin Heng sneaked into the City Lord's Mansion, found the hidden dungeon, and rescued Yun Yao, who had been drugged and bound.
• Lin Heng killed the servants who confronted him and carried Yun Yao over the wall to meet Ye Tian.
• Ye Tian gave Lin Heng a pill for Yun Yao and confronted Sun Yinan, who realized the Blood Moon Cult had betrayed him.
• Ye Tian killed Sun Yinan and declared that the entire City Lord's Mansion would pay for his actions.
• At an inn, Lin Heng gave Yun Yao the pill, then learned from the system that it was a Five-Colored Sunfall Pill that would intensify her Spring Poison.

Lin Heng secretly treated Yun Yao after Ye Tian’s plan left her incapacitated, then fled before she fully recovered. Ye Tian gave up waiting for a response and returned to the sect, while Lin Heng found that Little Demoness had escaped the Flower Pavilion and left him a bloody threat.

• Yun Yao realized Ye Tian had given her Sunfall Pill to frame Lin Heng, and Lin Heng decided not to send Ye Tian his location.
• Lin Heng left Yun Yao alone for a time, then returned in disguise and treated her; Yun Yao later recognized him and felt both relief and anger.
• Ye Tian received no response from Yun Yao or Lin Heng and set off for the sect with Sun Yinan’s head to report the mission.
• Lin Heng returned to the Flower Pavilion and found Little Demoness gone, with a blood-written note threatening him left behind.

Lin Heng realized Jiang Caiyan was a heroine whose original storyline with Ye Tian he had disrupted, adding another enemy to his growing list. At Golden Horse City’s granary, he killed the constables threatening the craftsmen, opened the gate with the Secret Key, and prepared to inspect the contents.

• Lin Heng learned that Jiang Caiyan was meant to become Ye Tian’s heroine, but his actions had severed their storyline and earned her hatred.
• Lin Heng watched Justice Bureau constables threaten craftsmen who could not open the granary, while he condemned the Bureau’s corruption.
• Lin Heng stopped a constable from killing the craftsmen, then killed seven constables to clear the entrance.
• Lin Heng ordered the craftsmen to keep quiet and used the Secret Key to open the granary gate.
• Lin Heng noticed the gate was a roller door and prepared to see what was inside.

Lin Heng looted Golden Horse City’s vault, taking rare treasures and a vast fortune in Spirit Coins before Yun Yao woke at the inn. She mistook the three hundred Spirit Stones he left to help her recover for payment, and vowed to punish him.

• Lin Heng found Water Spirit Mother and Starfall Stone in the first Granary and took the Night Pearls from the second.
• Lin Heng collected more than a million Spirit Coins, a top-grade artifact armor, a mysterious Black Pearl, and a Blood Ganoderma from the third Granary.
• Yun Yao woke at the inn, found her clothes scattered and bite marks on her neck, and feared she had given herself to Lin Heng.
• Yun Yao found three hundred Spirit Stones and connected their value to the three thousand Spirit Coins Lin Heng had once offered for her.
• Yun Yao decided to confiscate Lin Heng’s tool of the crime, while keeping the Spirit Stones he had actually left to help her recover.

Sun Daoya learned that the stolen treasures had been taken southwest toward Zigu and pursued the thief with Sun Hao, explaining why he sought the armor. Meanwhile, Yun Yao tracked Lin Heng, who headed for Swallow Cloud City and received the Chaos Indestructible Body as his main quest reward.

• The Bureau Chief told Sun Daoya that the Granaries and Money Houses had been looted, and Sun Daoya demanded five thousand Spirit Stones within three days.
• Sun Daoya used a sword sheath to track the thief southwest toward Zigu and set out with Sun Hao to intercept him.
• Sun Daoya told Sun Hao that he wanted the armor because its former owner had survived the Black Mist that killed two groups of cultivators.
• Yun Yao used a Tracking Art to follow Lin Heng, who was heading to Swallow Cloud City for Mu Liuxi and an Auction.
• Lin Heng received the Chaos Indestructible Body from the system and felt Immortal Essence surge through his body.

Lin Heng discovered that the system had given him the cultivation method for the Chaos Indestructible Body rather than installing the physique, then traveled through Zigu and interrupted an ambush on Zhao Wanqing. He defeated the attackers, leaving Zhao Wanqing and her servant stunned by his strength and brutality.

• Lin Heng realized the system expected him to cultivate the Five Elements Body and Reincarnation Body before condensing the Chaos Indestructible Body.
• After traveling through the night and stopping to rest, Lin Heng heard an explosion and went to investigate.
• Lin Heng found the Wang Envoy's men surrounding Zhao Wanqing's carriage and threatening to kill her.
• When Lin Heng accidentally revealed himself, two attackers tried to kill him, but he disarmed them and defeated them.
• The Yellow-Robed Man attacked Lin Heng, who broke his arms and killed him with a botched twisting maneuver.

Lin Heng rescued Zhao Wanqing and her uncle from attackers, accepted Zhao Wanqing’s White Tiger Essence Jade, and then reached Swallow Cloud City. After learning about the grand Auction and the powerful forces involved, he prepared to see what Ye Tian would obtain there.

• Lin Heng killed the attackers surrounding Zhao Wanqing and her uncle, then took their meager possessions.
• Zhao Wanqing gave Lin Heng her White Tiger Essence Jade in gratitude, learned his name, and predicted they would meet again in Swallow Cloud City.
• Lin Heng reached Swallow Cloud City and paid the entry fees and surrendered his weapon to enter.
• Lin Heng ordered an extravagant meal at a restaurant and paid the attendant for information about the Auction.
• The attendant explained that the Western Continent Royal Family was hosting the Auction, a royal Dynasty Envoy was visiting, and powerful city families might already be dividing the benefits.

Lin Heng settled into an inn near the Swallow Cloud City Auction and examined the treasures he had seized, then discovered that the damaged Dream-Making Realm could display images shaped by consciousness. He tested whether it could aid cultivation, but the figure in the mirror failed to cultivate with him.

• Lin Heng rented a superior room for twenty days near the Auction, paying the innkeeper with Spirit Coins.
• Lin Heng sorted through his seized items, deciding to sell the armor and valuable jade while keeping the black pearl and Century Blood Ganoderma.
• Lin Heng discovered that the Dream-Making Realm reflected images from his thoughts, including a vision of Yun Yao lying on a bed.
• Lin Heng wondered whether the mirror could connect consciousness and cultivation, then began using the Water Spirit Mother to cultivate his Water Element Body.
• Lin Heng saw that his Mirror Person held the Water Spirit Mother but looked lost instead of cultivating.

Lin Heng completed the Water Element Body’s Minor Completion and discovered that the Dream-Making Mirror could cultivate alongside him, while Yun Yao and Sun Daoya’s group all headed toward Swallow Cloud City. Lin Heng arrived at Moonview Tower to sell valuable goods and was granted an audience with its shopkeeper.

• Lin Heng absorbed the Water Spirit Mother, reached Water Element Body Minor Completion and Qi Refining Fourth Layer, and realized the Mirror Person could cultivate the Azure Emperor Spirit Devouring Art in parallel.
• Lin Heng decided he needed vast resources and planned to sell his goods in Swallow Cloud City, believing Ye Tian’s Fortune had weakened after losing Jiang Caiyan and Yun Yao.
• Yun Yao failed to track Lin Heng in Zigu, learned that Sun Daoya and Sun Hao knew nothing about the Wang Envoy, and set off for Swallow Cloud City.
• Sun Daoya and Sun Hao also headed for Swallow Cloud City after their encounter with Yun Yao, hoping to find the thief they had been pursuing.
• Lin Heng found Moonview Tower, insisted that only its shopkeeper could handle what he wanted to sell, and was invited to meet the shopkeeper.

Lin Heng sold a Seventh-Order Armor in Swallow Cloud City and spent the proceeds enjoying himself while avoiding attention from the Dynasty. With five days remaining before the Auction Feast, he explored the city’s cultivator district and reflected on the dangers of trusting city authorities.

• Lin Heng sold the Seventh-Order Armor to Moonview Tower for seven thousand Spirit Stones and asked the shopkeeper to conceal his identity.
• Lin Heng spent the day enjoying entertainment and a massage before the woman returned home to her husband and son.
• Sun Daoya told Hao'er he had to visit the City Lord's Mansion and warned him not to cause trouble while the Dynasty's envoy was in town.
• Lin Heng cultivated by day and sought amusement by night while his Mirror Person opened Spirit Wheels for him.
• Lin Heng explored North King Street and questioned the city's weapons restrictions, recalling how a corrupt City Lord's Mansion had robbed merchants and auction winners in Heran City.

Lin Heng watched a stone-gambling stall where a white-haired old man, called Old Deng, repeatedly uncovered valuable treasures and recruited buyers to share the costs. Suspecting a trick, Lin Heng followed a black-clad youth’s tip and bought a costly raw stone, leaving its contents unopened.

• Lin Heng stopped at a raw-stone stall and watched Old Deng uncover a Green Crystal and a Crimson Blood Vein.
• Old Deng persuaded a green-robed man to split the cost of another stone, which yielded Purple Sun Agate that sold for 3,600 Spirit Stones.
• A black-clad youth warned the crowd that the lucky finds were no accident, but several customers dismissed him and continued buying stones with Old Deng.
• Lin Heng asked the youth which raw stone would yield treasure, and the youth pointed to the third stone from the left in the third row.
• Lin Heng noticed the merchant react to the youth’s choice, paid 2,000 Spirit Stones for the stone, and ordered it opened.

Lin Heng won a Golden Scale from a raw stone and escaped a forced sale attempt with Sun Hao, whom he recognized as a future enemy of Ye Tian. While drinking with Sun Hao, Lin Heng learned that Sun Hao’s armor had vanished from a granary tied to Green Pavilion Sect and prepared to blame Ye Tian.

• Lin Heng exchanged his Spirit Coins for Spirit Stones and bought a raw stone that revealed a Golden Scale, then refused the vendor and a steward who tried to buy it from him.
• Lin Heng left with Sun Hao and recognized his name as that of a future rival of Ye Tian.
• Lin Heng invited Sun Hao to drink, and Sun Hao became wary when he learned Lin Heng belonged to Green Pavilion Sect and was the Sect Leader’s son.
• Sun Hao said that his armor had disappeared from a granary in Golden Horse City and that the Justice Bureau had linked the case to Green Pavilion Sect.
• Lin Heng realized the armor might be the item he had encountered and decided to shift the blame onto his Senior Brother Ye.

Lin Heng warned Sun Hao that Ye Tian might have taken the armor, and Sun Hao revealed his unusual eyes and explained how he recognized a stone-gambling scam. Meanwhile, Yun Yao reached Mu Manor seeking Lin Heng, but Mu Liuxi had not seen him and complained about her family pressuring her to marry the Third Young Master of Li Family as a matrilocal husband.

• Lin Heng blamed Ye Tian for possibly taking the armor and inflamed Sun Hao’s anger with stories about Ye Tian’s future misdeeds.
• Sun Hao admitted Ye Tian’s Late Golden Core cultivation made confronting him dangerous and explained that his eyes could detect Spirit Source fluctuations inside raw stones.
• Sun Hao described how the vendor, the old man, and people in the crowd had staged a stone-gambling scam, and Lin Heng agreed that the scheme could fool customers.
• Sun Hao said repeated scams had taught him to recognize such tricks, and Lin Heng laughed at his hard-earned experience.
• Yun Yao visited Mu Manor and recoiled from Mu Liuxi’s Essence Grass Leaf tea, which reminded her of Lin Heng’s smell.
• Yun Yao asked whether Mu Liuxi had seen Lin Heng, and Mu Liuxi said she was busy with family disputes over marrying the Third Young Master of Li Family as a matrilocal husband.