Chapter Summaries

Zhang Lingshan returned to Saint Son Peak, sought an Immortal Monarch quota through Yi Fengliu, and began cultivating with the resources he had seized from Anning City. His cultivation stirred the Ice Spirit Sect, while Qian Dapo revealed to Shen Zhixin that Zhang Lingshan had made Anning City vanish, leaving Shen Zhixin alarmed that the sect could lose Ji Buyi’s quota.

• Zhang Lingshan asked Leng Yan and Yi Fengliu to help secure an Immortal Monarch quota, then marked Yi Fengliu and ordered him to write his family for help.
• Zhang Lingshan returned to Saint Son Peak, combined Cultivation Methods into the Myriad Techniques True Scripture, and absorbed crystals and Spirit Stones from Anning City to cultivate.
• Zhang Lingshan’s cultivation created a vortex of Immortal Spirit Qi above Saint Son Peak, drawing the attention of the Ice Spirit Sect’s disciples, peak masters, and Shen Zhixin.
• Qian Dapo told Shen Zhixin that Zhang Lingshan had made Anning City vanish during his absence.
• Shen Zhixin feared Zhang Lingshan had exposed his Ice Spirit Sect identity and jeopardized the Immortal King Quota requested for Ji Buyi.

Shen Zhixin and Qian Dapo suspected Zhang Lingshan was responsible for Anning City’s disappearance as they watched him cultivate to Golden Immortal Perfection. When he asked for an Immortal Monarch quota and a chance to visit the Yi Family, Shen Zhixin struggled to decide whether to help him.

• Qian Dapo told Shen Zhixin that Anning City had vanished completely, and they agreed to keep their suspicions about Zhang Lingshan to themselves.
• Shen Zhixin and Qian Dapo noticed Zhang Lingshan’s Immortal Spirit Qi Funnel and wondered how he had acquired so many resources.
• After more than twenty days of cultivation, Zhang Lingshan reached Golden Immortal Perfection and asked Yi Fengliu whether his Immortal Monarch quota had arrived.
• Yi Fengliu explained that his father wanted him to return to the Imperial City, and Zhang Lingshan rejected his proposed excuse for requesting a quota.
• Zhang Lingshan told Shen Zhixin he had reached Golden Immortal Perfection and asked for an Immortal Monarch quota or Immortal Crystals, but she admitted the sect had neither available.
• Zhang Lingshan asked to go to the Yi Family in exchange for saving Yi Fengliu and to obtain Yi Chen’s Mortal Realm, while Shen Zhixin grew suspicious and Qian Dapo hoped she would agree.

Zhang Lingshan prepared for the journey to the Imperial City by improving his techniques and strength, then set out with Qian Dapo and Yi Fengliu to meet the Yi Family. He planned to seek an Immortal Monarch quota and take control of Yi Chen’s Mortal Realm, while arranging a cover story for Anning City’s disappearance.

• Shen Zhixin sent Qian Dapo to accompany Zhang Lingshan to the Imperial City and negotiate with the Yi Family for an Immortal Monarch quota.
• Zhang Lingshan spent weeks using his Energy Points and Anning City’s treasures to advance his techniques, Space Rule, and Profound Gold Intent.
• Zhang Lingshan summoned Yi Fengliu, and Qian Dapo flew with them toward the Imperial City on her Flying Magic Treasure.
• Zhang Lingshan coached Yi Fengliu to say that he had left Anning City on Lu Zhaohe’s secret order and that the Ice Spirit Sect’s Saint Son had rescued him.
• Zhang Lingshan asked Yi Fengliu where the Yi Family kept the Mortal Realm overseen by Yi Chen.

Zhang Lingshan and Qian Dapo traveled toward the Imperial City while planning to infiltrate the Imperial Kitchen and retrieve Yi Chen’s Mortal Realm. After Zhang Lingshan cultivated through burning and restoring his body, they arrived at the city’s East Gate, where Yi Fengliu contacted his father.

• Yi Fengliu explained that the Imperial Kitchen cultivated Mortal Realms for the Empress Dowager, and Qian Dapo described the Empress Dowager’s extravagant appetites and suspected she had been contaminated by an Evil Being.
• Qian Dapo said the group could bribe someone in the Imperial Kitchen to steal Yi Chen’s Mortal Realm, while Zhang Lingshan considered ways to contact Yi Chen and decided to sneak into the kitchen himself.
• Qian Dapo agreed to Zhang Lingshan’s plan to enter the Imperial Kitchen, and he explained privately that obtaining the Mortal Realm would let him bind the Nine Provinces Continent to himself.
• Zhang Lingshan asked Yi Fengliu about Immortal Crystals, then spent their ten-day journey burning his body to strengthen his Immortal Divine Sense before restoring himself with pills and treasures.
• The group reached the Imperial City’s East Gate, and Yi Fengliu used his family’s Jade Pendant to tell his father that he had returned with Qian Dapo and Zhang Lingshan.

Qian Dapo and Zhang Lingshan visited the Yi Family, where Thousand Seal Immortal King learned about Zhang Lingshan’s unusual escape from Anning City. After agreeing to provide the Ice Spirit Sect with an Immortal Monarch Quota, he asked Qian Dapo to mediate a dispute with Shangyun Hall, and she said the quota alone was not enough compensation for the risk.

• Thousand Seal Immortal King welcomed Qian Dapo, Zhang Lingshan, and Yi Fengliu to the Yi Family and hosted them for a meal.
• Thousand Seal Immortal King questioned Yi Fengliu about Anning City and learned that Zhang Lingshan had escaped by stealing treasures from guards’ rings.
• Thousand Seal Immortal King asked where Zhang Lingshan had gone, but Yi Fengliu admitted he had lost track of him.
• Qian Dapo requested an Immortal Monarch Quota for the Ice Spirit Sect, and Thousand Seal Immortal King agreed to provide one.
• Thousand Seal Immortal King explained that Yi Family disciples had injured a Shangyun Hall disciple while fighting over a secret treasure and asked Qian Dapo to deliver the treasure and healing items.
• Qian Dapo warned that Shangyun Hall’s ties to the Empress Dowager made the errand dangerous and said one Immortal Monarch Quota was not enough.

Qian Dapo accepted the Yi Family’s dangerous sealed object and agreed to carry their apology and treasures to Shangyun City. After she left, Yi Fengliu discovered Zhang Lingshan still controlled what he could reveal, and he resolved to make himself useful to survive.

• Qian Dapo refused to help the Yi Family for an Immortal Monarch Quota alone, but agreed to take their strange object after Thousand Seal Immortal King offered it.
• Qian Dapo and Zhang Lingshan transferred the object into her Treasure Sealing Box, and Thousand Seal Immortal King gave her a ring of treasures to deliver to Shangyun City.
• Thousand Seal Immortal King told Yi You that Qian Dapo could be trusted, then ordered him to investigate Zhang Lingshan and Anning City.
• Yi Fengliu tried to tell Yi You what he knew but found that Zhang Lingshan still prevented him from revealing the secrets of Lingshan Village.
• Thousand Seal Immortal King ordered Yi Fengliu to return with Qian Dapo and continue investigating, and Yi Fengliu decided he would find a way to become useful.

Zhang Lingshan and Qian Dapo traveled to Shangyun City so Zhang Lingshan could try to earn a place in the Imperial Kitchen by impressing Shangyun Hall with his cooking. He began observing the hall’s cooks and explaining his approach, while the servant escorting him remained skeptical.

• Qian Dapo explained that Zhang Lingshan could use the Seven Treasures Glazed Body Art to remove the Blood Qi marking left by Shangyun Hall, and Zhang Lingshan expelled and destroyed it.
• Zhang Lingshan proposed using his knowledge of Lower Realm food to impress Shangyun Hall and gain a recommendation to the Imperial Kitchen, then changed his appearance to avoid attracting the Empress Dowager’s attention.
• Qian Dapo brought Zhang Lingshan to Shangyun City at the Yi Family’s request, and Shang Yang allowed them into Shangyun Hall after learning they had brought a chef.
• Qian Dapo explained that the Empress Dowager was dissatisfied with the Imperial Kitchen’s cooking, and Shang Yang agreed to test Zhang Lingshan’s skills.
• As Zhang Lingshan was escorted to the kitchen, he secretly used his Immortal Divine Sense to observe the cooks and told the servant that a calm, steady approach helped bring out ingredients’ essence.