Chapter Summaries

Lin Heng won his team’s match, looted the defeated black-clad disciple’s Storage Pouch, and then studied the sect’s betting games as the next match began. He urged Gao Meng to bet on team five, leaving the outcome of the wager unresolved.

• Lin Heng defeated the black-clad disciple, took his Storage Pouch, and was declared the winner of the team battle.
• Guan Xingyang and Gao Meng praised Lin Heng, while the defeated disciple was carried away in disgrace.
• Lin Heng calculated how the teams would be eliminated and learned that elders and stewards had taken over the disciples’ betting games.
• Lin Heng reasoned that team five would win despite the apparent betting trends and urged Gao Meng to wager fifty Spirit Stones on them.
• Gao Meng argued that he had nearly spent his savings trying to impress a junior sister, and Lin Heng asked whether he and Guan Xingyang wanted to make money.

Lin Heng persuaded Gao Meng and Guan Xingyang to consider manipulating their matches and betting on the results, then went to watch the Golden Core battles. Li Feiyu saw Mu Liuxi smiling intimately at a young man in white and was left shocked and angry.

• Lin Heng explained that his team could risk some Individual Points by throwing matches to influence bets and earn Spirit Stones.
• Gao Meng agreed to follow Lin Heng's plan, while Guan Xingyang agreed on the condition that he would not be made to lose repeatedly.
• Lin Heng left to watch the Golden Core battles and look for techniques he could learn.
• Li Feiyu complained that Mu Liuxi remained distant despite his efforts to approach her.
• Li Feiyu saw Mu Liuxi smiling intimately at a young man in white and reacted with shock and anger.

Lin Heng watched the Golden Core Realm tournament with Mu Liuxi and learned that Yun Yao’s team would face Ye Tian and Nan Gong Que’s formidable team. After Yun Yao rallied her teammates, a Star Peak disciple stepped forward to face Nan Gong Que.

• Lin Heng checked on Mu Liuxi, who brushed off his concern and teased him about his improper thoughts toward the senior sisters and their Master.
• Mu Liuxi explained that Ye Tian’s team included Nan Gong Que and warned that Ye Tian could fight opponents two small realms above his own.
• Li Feiyu watched Lin Heng and Mu Liuxi together and grew jealous, while another disciple told him not to overvalue Lin Heng’s Young Master Zong title.
• Mu Liuxi’s team lost its final match, but its two earlier victories earned points for the team.
• Yun Yao mocked her nervous teammates for lacking courage, prompting a Star Peak disciple to enter the arena and face Nan Gong Que.
• Lin Heng thought the Star Peak disciple should concede, and Mu Liuxi heard his thought and shook her head.

Nan Gong Que swiftly defeated Zhang Chuang, while the elders argued over whether to deal with Meng Yutong under pressure from Clear Moon Long Song. Yun Yao and Ye Tian then began their match, and Yun Yao unleashed her Blazing Phoenix bloodline as she prepared to fight him seriously.

• Nan Gong Que destroyed Zhang Chuang's star formation with a thunder strike and won the third team's match.
• Shi Yuanzhou and the Second Elder argued over pressure from Clear Moon Long Song and the consequences of targeting Meng Yutong.
• Yun Yao refused Ye Tian's offer to concede and demanded that he fight her seriously.
• Yun Yao and Ye Tian exchanged sword strikes, and Yun Yao sensed that Ye Tian might be holding back.
• Yun Yao activated her Blazing Phoenix bloodline, transforming her appearance and alarming the spectators.

Yun Yao used her bloodline power to challenge Ye Tian, but his injury-strengthening physique and superior cultivation let him win the match. Afterward, Mu Liuxi urged Lin Heng to face challenges rather than retreat, while his thoughts about touching their Master’s legs earned him a slap.

• Shi Yuanzhou and the other elders watched as Yun Yao entered her blood-rage state and attacked Ye Tian with a rain of swords, but Ye Tian’s defense held.
• Yun Yao closed in and cut Ye Tian, whose Overlord Blood and Wild Bone Body grew stronger as he bled; he counterattacked and defeated her with a giant palm strike.
• Yun Yao acknowledged the gap between herself and Ye Tian, then left the arena as Zhang Chuang prepared for Return to Origin Peak’s final match.
• Mu Liuxi asked Lin Heng why people struggle against a likely defeat and told him that facing danger required making choices rather than retreating.
• Lin Heng recalled that their Master had let him touch her legs, and Mu Liuxi slapped the back of his head before sending him to meet Yun Yao.

Yun Yao suffered severe heat from her bloodline power, and Lin Heng offered a suggestive way to cool her down. Ye Tian watched their closeness, while Hua Qi warned him that his pride and ambition were changing him; he left by claiming the Senior Sisters as his women.

• Lin Heng carried dizzy Yun Yao, who drank wine to ease the heat caused by her bloodline power.
• Mu Liuxi warned Yun Yao not to use her bloodline power again because her body was dangerously hot.
• Lin Heng proposed a nighttime method to cool Yun Yao, and she reluctantly agreed to let him try it.
• Ye Tian watched the three of them and felt that Lin Heng had taken his Senior Sisters' affection from him.
• Hua Qi rebuked Ye Tian for fighting Yun Yao instead of admitting defeat and warned that his Invincible Will had turned into arrogance.
• Ye Tian dismissed Hua Qi's concerns, then told Lin Heng that the Senior Sisters were his women and no one could touch them.

Lin Heng’s team entered the second round, and he persuaded Gao Meng and Guan Xingyang to bet on their team and on his victory. After Gao Meng won and Guan Xingyang lost, Lin Heng defeated his opponent with three consecutive water dragons, leaving Grand Elder Shi Yuanzhou impressed but still resolved to oppose him becoming Holy Son.

• Lin Heng told Gao Meng and Guan Xingyang to bet 500 Spirit Stones on their team and on his individual victory, expecting others to underestimate him.
• Gao Meng defeated Team Nine’s weakest fighter in ten exchanges, while Guan Xingyang quickly lost his match.
• Lin Heng used Water Dragon Chant three times and won Team Six’s match in three moves.
• Shi Yuanzhou recognized Lin Heng’s talent and regretted dismissing him earlier, but decided he still could not allow Lin Heng to become Holy Son.

Lin Heng’s team won their match, and Lin Heng used the winnings to plan another round of betting. He arranged for Guan Xingyang to appear to bet against him, leaving Third Elder’s side convinced Lin Heng might deliberately lose.

• Lin Heng defeated his opponent with three powerful Water Dragon attacks, helping his team win and collect 1,475 Spirit Stones.
• Guan Xingyang and Gao Meng agreed to keep their winnings together as betting principal, while Lin Heng rested and replenished his True Yuan.
• Lin Heng’s team avoided a bye in the third round, and Lin Heng proposed losing his first match while his teammates won theirs.
• Lin Heng told Guan Xingyang to bet 500 Spirit Stones on their team and secretly place an individual bet on Lin Heng losing.
• Guan Xingyang pretended to slip and place his Spirit Stones on Lin Heng’s loss just before betting closed, prompting Third Elder to seal the betting table.
• Spectators realized Third Elder’s side might have to pay five times the principal if Lin Heng lost, and they wondered whether Lin Heng would deliberately do so.

Lin Heng knocked out of the arena by a giant palm, angering Xu Gou, but his team still reached the final match of the Foundation Establishment Track. As Yun Yao, Mu Liuxi, and Ye Tian arrived, Lin Heng’s result stood to decide whether his team could keep its lead in the Individual Points ranking.

• Lin Heng deliberately humiliated Mysterious Sun Peak, and a giant palm struck him out of the arena, leaving the crowd stunned.
• Xu Gou accused Lin Heng of faking the match to make him lose money, but Shi Yuanzhou defended Lin Heng and warned Xu Gou to behave himself.
• Lin Heng’s group collected 5,375 Spirit Stones, and Lin Heng gave his share to Guan Xingyang and Gao Meng in exchange for their future help.
• Lin Heng and his companions won the Major Victory rounds and reached the final match against the remaining bye team.
• Yun Yao, Mu Liuxi, and Ye Tian arrived as Mu Liuxi noticed that Lin Heng’s team and its rival each had six wins in seven battles.
• Ye Tian watched Lin Heng from afar and wondered whether his progress through the Foundation Establishment Track had really been due to luck.

Lin Heng fought Gongsun Ying, a peak Foundation Establishment opponent whose strength approached Golden Core, despite Guan Xingyang’s prediction that their team could not win. At the end, Lin Heng unleashed Time Sword Intent to slow Gongsun Ying’s attack and send him flying, leaving the watching elders stunned.

• Guan Xingyang warned Lin Heng that the stars predicted their team had no chance of winning, but Lin Heng said they had to rely on themselves and went to fight Gongsun Ying.
• Lin Heng suspected the Third Elder had arranged the matchup to have Gongsun Ying cripple him, but Gongsun Ying denied being involved in the scheme.
• Gongsun Ying’s spear attacks matched Lin Heng’s Time Sword Light, and the two exchanged dozens of blows while Lin Heng struggled against his superior strength and speed.
• Lin Heng stood back up and declared that Gongsun Ying was not strong enough to make him give in.
• Lin Heng’s sword intent slowed Gongsun Ying’s Golden Rainbow attack, then Lin Heng moved aside and sent Gongsun Ying flying, shocking the elders.

Lin Heng defeated Gongsun Ying after slowing his attack, but Gongsun Ying broke through to Golden Core and forced Shi Yuanzhou to pull Lin Heng from the arena. After Lin Heng recovered at Fairy Cloud Peak, he found the disciples preparing a celebration and asked Yun Yao if he could visit her place that night.

• Lin Heng dissolved Gongsun Ying's attack, and Gongsun Ying nearly fell from the arena.
• Gongsun Ying began breaking through to Golden Core, so Shi Yuanzhou pulled Lin Heng away and declared him the winner.
• Yun Yao asked Ye Tian to help carry Lin Heng back, and Mu Liuxi learned Yun Yao had wanted to test whether Ye Tian would obey her.
• Guan Xingyang and Gao Meng fought their matches, while Fairy Cloud Peak secured at least second place in the competition.
• Lin Heng woke in the main hall plaza and found Yun Yao preparing a celebration with a spirit rabbit.
• Lin Heng asked Yun Yao if he could go to her place that night to do a bit.

After the competition, Mu Liuxi failed to persuade Meng Yutong to reduce Lin Heng’s punishment, while the academy plan stalled over its enormous cost. Lin Heng visited Yun Yao, and the two were interrupted when Ye Tian came to apologize for her injury, leaving without discovering Lin Heng inside.

• Mu Liuxi told Meng Yutong that the rankings seemed unfairly weighted, but Meng Yutong accepted second place and praised Lin Heng’s performance.
• Mu Liuxi pleaded for Meng Yutong to ease Lin Heng’s punishment, but Meng Yutong insisted he would still be disciplined despite receiving his rewards.
• Meng Yutong asked Mu Liuxi about building the Immortal Academy Hall, then offered thirty thousand Spirit Stones toward a project expected to cost at least one hundred thousand.
• Lin Heng followed Yun Yao to her residence and teased her, and they spent time together behind a barrier she raised.
• Ye Tian came to apologize to Yun Yao for injuring her in the competition, but she told him she needed rest, and he left without entering.

Lin Heng explained his plan to fund and build the Immortal Academy Hall by hiring disciples from Azure Mist Peak and trading with Star Peak. He also told Mu Liuxi he intended to take sect missions, leaving her to consider his proposal as he planned to visit his Master.

• After Yun Yao praised Lin Heng for his idea, he teased her, and she accused him of having a strange fetish.
• Lin Heng joined Mu Liuxi and Ye Tian to discuss the Immortal Academy Hall, but Ye Tian declined to help and left for Star Picking Tower.
• Lin Heng told Mu Liuxi he still planned to help build the hall while taking sect missions.
• Lin Heng revealed he had over thirty thousand Spirit Stones left and proposed gathering about seventy thousand in total for the project.
• Lin Heng proposed hiring Azure Mist Peak disciples and trading with Star Peak for building materials, saying Gao Meng and Guan Xingyang could help persuade them.
• Lin Heng planned to visit his Master after the discussion.

Shi Yuanzhou and Zhao Yue discussed the growing number of sect missions and Zhao Yue urged him to help undermine Fairy Cloud Peak, while Meng Yutong investigated the alliance between Sitting Dao Peak and Clear Moon Long Song. Lin Heng visited Meng Yutong to demand a tournament reward and teased her about having children, leaving her furious and unexpectedly imagining their future daughter.

• Shi Yuanzhou and Zhao Yue discussed the influx of sect missions, and Zhao Yue urged Shi Yuanzhou to help remove Meng Yutong and Fairy Cloud Peak before the Sect Leader returned.
• A Shadow Scout overheard their conversation and reported it to Meng Yutong, who suspected Sitting Dao Peak and Clear Moon Long Song were targeting her rather than Ye Tian.
• Meng Yutong dismissed the Shadow Scout after sensing Lin Heng had entered the great hall.
• Lin Heng asked Meng Yutong for a reward for his tournament performance and his work managing the Immortal Academy Hall.
• Lin Heng teased Meng Yutong about her age and suggested they have children, making her furious.
• Lin Heng imagined naming their daughter Lin Meng, and Meng Yutong caught herself thinking that Meng Lin would be a better name.

Lin Heng sought workers for Fairy Cloud Peak’s planned construction project, persuading Azure Mist Peak and Star Peak to compete for the opportunity. After he returned to Fairy Cloud Peak, both peaks’ representatives went to lobby their stewards, leaving the deal undecided.

• Meng Yutong blushed over Lin Heng’s teasing about having children, then threatened to prepare punishments for him in the Little Black Room.
• Lin Heng visited Azure Mist Peak and offered Gao Meng’s peak paid construction work, promising that diligent disciples could earn around two hundred Spirit Stones a month.
• Gao Meng agreed to speak with Azure Mist Peak’s steward about the offer.
• Lin Heng went to Star Peak and persuaded Guan Xingyang to convey the proposal to Star Peak’s steward, telling him to present it as their Master’s meaning.
• After Lin Heng returned to Fairy Cloud Peak, Gao Meng and Guan Xingyang each urged their steward to accept the work before the other peak took the opportunity.

Lin Heng secured trades for Fairy Cloud Peak, received an unexpected kiss from Mu Liuxi, and chose a C-Class mission to investigate a missing official in Zhanfang City. He left the Treasure Pavilion with a woman asking to join his mission, but refused her.

• Mu Liuxi completed the resource handovers with Azure Mist Peak and Star Peak, and Lin Heng asked her for the reward she had promised him.
• Mu Liuxi kissed Lin Heng on the cheek, then allowed him to kiss her back once before pushing him away.
• Mu Liuxi watched Lin Heng leave, while Yun Yao prepared to enter seclusion and Ye Tian went to Star Picking Tower.
• At the Treasure Pavilion, Lin Heng selected a C-Class mission to investigate the disappearance of Zhanfang City's City Gate Envoy.
• A woman called Lin Heng Young Master Zong and offered Spirit Stones to team up, but he refused.

Lin Heng took missions near Zhanfang City and brought Jiang Caiyan along under the Beast Seal’s control. He tied her up and started leading her toward the city, despite her insistence that she had only agreed to accompany him for two days.

• Lin Heng refused a woman's request to team up, then selected a C-Class mission and a B-Class mission to clear bandits from Xianfang Mountain.
• Mu Liuxi questioned why the nearby City Lord's Mansion had not dealt with the bandits, and Lin Heng agreed to investigate while telling her not to join him.
• Jiang Caiyan waited outside Fairy Cloud Peak, and Lin Heng used the Beast Seal to make her walk over to him.
• Lin Heng warned Jiang Caiyan that he would find another way to control her as the Beast Seal weakened, and she angrily protested.
• Lin Heng tied Jiang Caiyan's hands with an Immortal Binding Rope and began taking her to Zhanfang City for the missions, while she objected that she had agreed to only two days.

Lin Heng forced Jiang Caiyan to accompany him to Zhanfang City, while she struggled to endure his teasing and secretly planned to escape. During their journey, Jiang Caiyan reflected on her rare Life-Death Dual Balance Physique and resolved to keep its secret from him.

• Lin Heng took Jiang Caiyan toward Zhanfang City despite her protests, explaining that he needed her help with matters he could not handle as a Green Pavilion Sect disciple.
• Jiang Caiyan broke down in tears, and Lin Heng comforted her while insisting she had no right to refuse the journey.
• After seven days on the road, Lin Heng teased Jiang Caiyan about taking her to a hot spring when they arrived, renewing her determination to escape.
• Jiang Caiyan planned to placate Lin Heng until she could get the Immortal Binding Rope removed and flee, even if the Beast Seal caused her pain.
• Jiang Caiyan considered how her Life-Death Dual Balance Physique let her recover rapidly and restore her chastity, and resolved to conceal the secret from Lin Heng.

Lin Heng and Jiang Caiyan arrived in Zhanfang City to investigate a missing Dynasty Special Envoy and learned that the envoy had vanished from a locked inn room while twelve attendants later turned up dead. They agreed to inspect Fengyue Inn the next day and considered staying at Prefect Chen’s residence.

• Lin Heng and Jiang Caiyan entered Zhanfang City and went with a guard to meet Prefect Chen at the Wild Goose Pagoda.
• Lin Heng asked why the envoy’s disappearance had been classified as a C-Class mission, and Prefect Chen explained that the envoy had been sent to inspect the northern frontier.
• Prefect Chen said twelve attendants had appeared to leave the city with the envoy, but the inn’s staff reported that the envoy had vanished from a room locked from the inside.
• Prefect Chen revealed that the twelve attendants were later found dead on Xianfang Mountain, while the envoy’s body was never discovered.
• Lin Heng agreed to inspect Fengyue Inn the next day, and Prefect Chen offered them lodging at his residence.
• Lin Heng asked whether the residence had a hot spring for two, prompting Jiang Caiyan’s surprise.

Lin Heng and Jiang Caiyan stayed together in the City Manor while Lin Heng studied the Ten-Zhang Golden Body cultivation method. The next morning, they visited the sealed Fengyue Inn and learned that its original builder had disappeared after completing it.

• Lin Heng persuaded Jiang Caiyan to share a room by threatening to treat her as a servant rather than a Dao companion.
• Lin Heng began studying the Ten-Zhang Golden Body, hoping to strengthen his Gold Element Body and eventually gild his entire body.
• The next morning, Lin Heng and Jiang Caiyan traveled with Prefect Chen and four City Manor Guards to investigate Fengyue Inn.
• Lin Heng found the inn sealed and noticed signs of damage inside, including a hole in the floor.
• Prefect Chen said the inn had stood empty after its wealthy merchant builder disappeared, until Shopkeeper Zhang took it over half a year earlier.