Recaps

Yan Qing used Jiang Shi to turn the auction into a chance to draw resources from four major factions, while the first relic auction exposed a feud between its seller and a bidder. Yan Qing also acquired a second Summoning Gathering Stone, leaving its former owner regretting the sale.

• Jiang Shi opened item registration and offered [Wish Coupons] in exchange for resources, promising the biggest contributor a personal visit and help selling resources.
• The four major factions competed to buy [Wish Coupons], and Yan Qing’s companions watched from Thieves' Den as their scheme succeeded.
• Jiang Shi began auctioning selected items, and Wei Que defended his right to sell the [Heaven-Questioning Saber] before it sold for three hundred twenty-three thousand True Spirit Jade and an Extraordinary Treasure Defensive Token.
• A young Foundation Establishment cultivator learned that his [Summoning Gathering Stone] had sold for ten thousand True Spirit Jade and regretted parting with it without learning its secret.
• Yan Qing acquired the second Summoning Gathering Stone.

True Person Dongshou learned how high-level relics circulated among the great factions before the eighth auction lot revealed Golden Nature, a treasure that could aid ascension. The seller demanded four six-turn legendary relics and the [Eternal Candle] Calamity Rank Inheritance, leading the straw-hatted young man to conclude that they sought the Golden Core Tribulation Position rather than ordinary mortal ascension.

• True Person Dongshou asked the straw-hatted young man about relic trading, and he explained that rare treasures and higher relics were generally exchanged or assigned within major factions rather than sold for True Spirit Jades.
• After the seventh lot sold, Jiang Shi presented the eighth lot, Prison Suppressing Pagoda Mingwang Nature, which could use Golden Nature to strengthen divine abilities, advance Inner Scenery, and improve the chances of ascension.
• The factions offered extensive relics and True Spirit Jades for the Golden Nature, but the seller required four six-turn legendary relics and the [Eternal Candle] Calamity Rank Inheritance.
• Li Xi told Tong Moli that he had decided to trade the [Eternal Candle] inheritance for Golden Nature and would accept responsibility if Candle Lord returned.
• The Golden Crow Immortal Lord, Chang Sheng Tian, and the Imperial Stream Court withdrew after hearing the seller's conditions, and the straw-hatted young man explained that the seller sought the Golden Core Tribulation Position instead of becoming a Mortal World Immortal Lord.

Jiang Shi activated the Blood Battle protocol to settle the Golden Nature auction, then introduced the Seventh Turn Relic Endless Spear, prompting an unprecedented Imperial Edict Token exchange between Gai Qingyun and Hua Yue Dean. The auction then turned to its tenth and final item, a Guild Creation Token.

• Jiang Shi triggered the Blood Battle protocol after Tong Moli and Flawless Immortal Lord drove up the Golden Nature bid, and Tong Moli won by bidding four Rank Six Legendary Relics, the [Eternal Candle] Calamity Rank Inheritance, and one million True Spirit Jade.
• Jiang Shi presented the Seventh Turn Relic Endless Spear and explained that its unique authority could create endless spears.
• The straw-hatted young man explained that Seventh Turn Relics were Imperial Edict Tokens with unique authorities that could command the laws of the Great Dao.
• Hua Yue Dean offered the Endless Spear for another Seventh Turn Relic, and Gai Qingyun traded [Full Hall Flowers] for it while Shi Chi Immortal Lord’s [Darkness Born] went unmatched.
• Jiang Shi announced the tenth auction item, a Rare Treasure-grade Guild Creation Token that let its owner form an organization and gain a random team skill.

Jiang Shi auctioned the Guild Creation Token, drawing escalating bids from the Fire Worship Cult, the Imperial Stream Court, and other powerful factions. The bidding shifted dramatically when an unknown bidder offered Fragrant Flower Rosary Heavenly Demon Nature, prompting Tong Moli to accuse Heaven Court of hiding in the auction hall.

• Jiang Shi announced the Guild Creation Token’s requested payment, including Golden Nature, Legendary Relics, Foundation Establishment Pills, a complete Heavenly Dipper and Earthly Fiend set, and immortal-dao delicacies.
• Tong Moli offered the Fire Worship Cult’s resources and friendship, and Deng Guanjian raised the bid with additional sets and sixth-turn Legendary Relics.
• Hua Yue Dean offered rare Foundation Establishment Pills and access to the Imperial Stream Court’s treasury and refined relics, causing the Golden Crow Immortal Lord to withdraw.
• Tong Moli matched the Imperial Stream Court’s offer and promised Golden Nature from the Fire Worship Cult’s dangerous Senluo Secret Realm.
• Jiang Shi announced a bid of Fragrant Flower Rosary Heavenly Demon Nature, and Tong Moli accused Heaven Court of concealing its presence.

The Treasure Gathering Pavilion auction ended with the Guild Creation Token sold for a wisp of Fragrant Flower Rosary Heavenly Demon Nature, and Yan Qing revealed his plan to pursue four Golden Core Calamity Positions with his companions. The chapter left the world facing Daoist Duobao’s announcement that he would prove the Golden Dao Calamity Position in thirty days.

• Jiang Shi ended the auction after the hidden bidder offered one wisp of Fragrant Flower Rosary Heavenly Demon Nature for the Guild Creation Token and announced the fifteen-minute free-trading period.
• A young man in a bamboo hat explained to gathered cultivators that Calamity Rank Inheritances could draw a Calamity Position’s attention but did not guarantee success in proving a Golden Core.
• True Person Dongshou returned home and recorded his experience attending the Treasure Gathering Pavilion’s unprecedented gathering.
• At Thieves' Den, Yan Qing revealed the Golden Nature and told Shang Xin Lei, Yaoshi Yuan, and Ying Ru Shi that he planned to inject it into his divine ability and pursue a Golden Core Calamity Position.
• Yan Qing proposed that the four thieves seize four Calamity Positions and forge a path to the Eighth Turn, and all three women pledged to join him.
• Daoist Duobao announced across the world that he would prove the Golden Dao Calamity Position at Treasure Gathering Cave Mansion in thirty days and invited the world's envoys to witness it.

After escaping the imperial army’s attack on Liangshan Marsh, Beiyou persuaded the surviving Demonic Messengers to follow him and Blood Minister to Western Xia in search of a Foundation Establishment opportunity. Meanwhile, Dragon Locking True Person met Yan Qing, Bunny Heroine, and Yaoshi Yuan at Liangshan Marsh, where Yan Qing learned that poison could counter the secret realm’s target, Hunjianglong Li Jun.

• Beiyou wondered why three military prefectures had attacked Liangshan Marsh and suspected a powerful court figure was behind the campaign.
• Beiyou invited the surviving Demonic Messengers to follow him and Blood Minister to Western Xia, promising no safety but offering a chance to gamble for power; they agreed to go.
• Bunny Heroine, Yaoshi Yuan, and Dragon Locking True Person arrived at Liangshan Marsh with Yan Qing, whose presence unsettled Dragon Locking True Person.
• Yan Qing checked the Liangshan Marsh secret-realm challenge and used the Marvelous Brush to learn that poison could counter Hunjianglong Li Jun.

Yan Qing led Yaoshi Yuan, Dragon Locking True Person, and Bunny Heroine through the Shui Po Liang Shan secret realm, helping Yaoshi Yuan train her Dao Foundation before they confronted Hunjianglong Li Jun. He used his Participant-Gold [Life and Death Together] technique to overcome the Demon King's final health lock and kill it, earning four points of Calamity Karma.

• Yan Qing bought poison-attribute Token artifacts and entered the Shui Po Liang Shan secret realm with Dragon Locking True Person, Yaoshi Yuan, and Bunny Heroine.
• Dragon Locking True Person controlled enemies while Yaoshi Yuan fought them to strengthen her Greedy Wolf Breaking Army Dao Foundation, using chickens to replenish her resources.
• The group defeated the elite demons, then poisoned Hunjianglong Li Jun and attacked it with Bunny Heroine's Candle Tear Red and their other techniques.
• Yan Qing used his Participant-Gold [Life and Death Together] repeatedly as Hunjianglong Li Jun reached half health, dealing heavy damage while the others attacked.
• Hunjianglong Li Jun entered an Unyielding state and locked its health, but Yan Qing's fourth use of [Life and Death Together] killed it and earned the group four points of Calamity Karma.

Yan Qing reflected on how Dao Foundation milestones guided Foundation Establishment True Persons through luck, then supervised Bunny Heroine’s daily suicide and revival. Yaoshi Yuan warned that repeated deaths could warp Bunny Heroine, and she remained committed to watching over her.

• Yan Qing realized that liberating Hunjianglong Li Jun had fulfilled the first restriction of his Dao Foundation and earned him luck that guided him toward the Flame Dao.
• The Dragon Locking True Person distributed the chest’s loot and left the secret realm while Bunny Heroine searched Hunjianglong Li Jun’s corpse.
• Yan Qing ordered Bunny Heroine to kill herself, and she cut her throat and arteries before dying and reviving three minutes later.
• Yan Qing and Yaoshi Yuan discussed the risks of the Life and Death Profound Dao Foundation, which could make repeated deaths unbearable and distort someone’s emotions.
• Yaoshi Yuan insisted on supervising Bunny Heroine’s suicides, and the group continued running the Medicine King Valley secret realm about every two days.

After the secret realm battle, Yan Qing and Yaoshi Yuan shared a private, awkwardly tender moment over Honey Wine before parting ways. Back at Thieves' Den, Yan Qing checked the battle results and learned he had absorbed four points of Calamity Karma for freeing an Avici Sinner.

• Yan Qing and Yaoshi Yuan walked through the blood-soaked secret realm and discussed Dragon Locking True Person's possible romantic history.
• Near the exit, Yaoshi Yuan offered Yan Qing Honey Wine, and they shared it mouth-to-mouth before she admitted it was her first time drinking that way.
• Yaoshi Yuan invited Yan Qing to drink with her the following night and offered to wear different outfits for him in private.
• The secret realm remained open because its elite demons were still inside, concealing the Demon King's release from anyone who had not cleared it.
• Yan Qing returned to Thieves' Den, checked the Game Console, and saw that he had freed an Avici Sinner and absorbed four points of Calamity Karma.

Yan Qing purified the Shui Po Liang Shan secret realm, advanced the Calamity Organization, and refined his plans for using Calamity Karma. The chapter ended with Ling Feihong accusing Niu Xianke of being the murderer who killed Master Wu after losing their martial arts match.

• Yan Qing placed Li Jun's Dice in the shared warehouse and reflected on how Brilliant Brush could help him obtain Calamity Karma.
• Yan Qing considered how to use his 26 Calamity Karma to grant the female thieves Insight, while studying Epitaph to extend its healing effect.
• Yan Qing upgraded Concentric Lock to Level 2 and chose an 8% experience bonus when the Calamity Organization reached Level 3.
• At the Heroes Gathering, Niu Xianke fought through the first four opponents of the relay battle before facing Ling Feihong.
• Niu Xianke defeated Ling Feihong after breaking through three times during the fight, and Ling Feihong accused him of killing Master Wu.

At the Heroes' Gathering, Niu Xianke confessed to killing several people he considered wicked, and the crowd called for his punishment. As Ye Xiaoyu tried to protect him, Yan Qing appeared and confronted Chen Liexia.

• Ling Feihong accused Niu Xianke of killing Wu Dong and asked Chen Liexia to reopen the inquiry.
• Niu Xianke confessed to killing Wu Dong and several other people, explaining that he had judged them deserving of death.
• Niu Xianke threatened to kill Ling Feihong's entire family, prompting the crowd to demand that Chen Liexia let them punish him.
• Ye Xiaoyu stood between Niu Xianke and the crowd and demanded a trial under Liang's laws.
• Yan Qing appeared beside Niu Xianke, mocked Chen Liexia's title, and said that Jiang Shi sent his regards.

Yan Qing arrived at Qixia Mountain Military Town to protect Jiang Shi’s friends and confronted Chen Liexia, who fled after Yan Qing overwhelmed him. Yan Qing dealt with the gathered martial arts leaders, then entrusted Jie Yuanshao with overseeing Nalan Shu and helped her advance her cultivation.

• Yan Qing confirmed the Ling Family members’ identities and killed Ling Feijing, Ling Feihong, and Ling Yu with Eye of Fire.
• Chen Liexia attacked Yan Qing with Startled Night White, but Yan Qing’s Defense Barrier stopped the strike and Yan Qing wounded him with True Damage.
• Chen Liexia resisted Yan Qing’s control and escaped before Yan Qing could continue his assault.
• Niu Xianke named Jia Long and Nalan Shu as men with bad reputations; Yan Qing killed Jia Long, and Nalan Shu confessed to persecuting his nephews and promised to return his martial arts school to them.
• Yan Qing asked Jie Yuanshao to supervise Nalan Shu because she was Jiang Shi’s friend, then helped her overcome a cultivation bottleneck and urged her to reach Foundation Establishment.

Yan Qing continued directing Niu Xianke’s travels while Ye Xiaoyu decided to join them and train to become a Third Rank Herald. He then prepared for his next journey by logging into Jiang Shi’s account, which was traveling toward Loulan City to fulfill her promise to the Dragon Poem Clan.

• Jie Yuanshao watched Yan Qing leave and asked her guards to find a training ground and report what happened to her family.
• Yan Qing explained that Niu Xianke’s task was to travel across Liang, and Ye Xiaoyu chose to travel with him so she could train and develop the Eight Rice Martial Arts School.
• Niu Xianke teased Ye Xiaoyu about drawing erotic pictures, embarrassing her before Yan Qing departed for Thieves' Den.
• Yan Qing left Shang Xin Lei a note about what had happened, then ate premium dishes to gain Dao Foundation experience through his Hedonism restraint.
• Yan Qing logged into Jiang Shi’s account and continued her journey with a caravan toward Loulan City to visit the Dragon Poem Clan and become an agent for its goods.

Yan Qing used Jiang Shi to profit from the major factions’ resource sales while planning to send her on trade missions and investigate the Outer Domain’s Golden Core Tribulation Positions. After learning that many positions remained vacant, he set his sights on ascending beyond seven revolutions and prepared for an approaching Dao-proving event as one of his alternate accounts neared the Outer Domain.

• Yan Qing bought Foundation Establishment resources from the Fire Worship Cult for one True Spirit Jade each and resold them at normal prices, earning an estimated thirty thousand True Spirit Jades in profit.
• Yan Qing continued arranging Treasure Gathering Pavilion sales for the four major factions, whose leaders agreed to trade through Jiang Shi but worried she might keep valuable goods.
• Yan Qing decided Jiang Shi would personally visit the factions as a trade ambassador and sent Night Four, Rat Monk, and another alternate account to investigate local conditions, secret realms, and Golden Core Tribulation Positions.
• Yan Qing recognized the vacant Golden Core Tribulation Positions as a chance for the Thieves’ Den to pursue seven- and eight-revolution ascension, while deciding to seek Calamity Karma by exploring undeveloped Outer Domain secret realms.
• Yan Qing saw that Daoist Duobao’s Dao Proving Grand Event would begin in twelve days and returned to the character selection screen, where he noticed an alternate account nearing the Outer Domain.

Aboard the Anlan Hao, Tiger Vanguard and Mi Mian endured a brutal food pecking order among the children while Tiger Vanguard helped a bullied child. The ship reached the Mortal World Barrier, whose crossing would take them from the novice area into the East Sea and make them Departed.

• Bai Zhou won the children’s fight for the largest meal, and the steward made the rest line up for food, leaving thirteen children with nothing.
• Mi Mian urged Tiger Vanguard to fight for food or seek a patron, but he refused and shared her steamed bun instead.
• Tiger Vanguard punched two children who were bullying a frail child, and Mi Mian introduced them as Tiger Vanguard and Mi Mian while telling the child to remember their help.
• The children gathered at the bow as the Anlan Hao reached the immense Mortal World Barrier, a wall of seawater that marked the passage into the East Sea.
• Yan Qing saw the Game Console identify the Mortal World Barrier as an Air Wall, warning that those who crossed would become Departed and could not return to the novice area without risking harsher Three Disasters.

Yan Qing watched Anlan Hao exploit a flaw in the Mortal World Barrier to enter the Central Plains, then saw Tiger Vanguard confront Bai Zhou after she stole his food. Bai Zhou’s bizarre response to losing the fight left the other children shaken as they prepared for the next day’s meal challenge.

• Yan Qing realized the Outer Domain’s forces struggled to enter the Central Plains because the Mortal World Barrier intensified the Three Disasters for local cultivators.
• The steward used a Shock Authority gauntlet to vibrate Anlan Hao until it bugged through the Air Wall and shot across the sea.
• Yan Qing worked out that the ship had exploited the Barrier’s collision checks, while a girl beside Tiger Vanguard excitedly praised the maneuver.
• Bai Zhou stole Tiger Vanguard’s steamed bun and attacked him, but Tiger Vanguard dodged and punched her in the abdomen.
• Bai Zhou ate her vomit from the deck, and Mi Mian warned Tiger Vanguard to avoid her and challenge Shen Qiuqiu for a full meal instead.

Yan Qing and the children aboard the Anlan Hao endured a brutal food contest as they traveled toward Golden Eagle Island. Before they could arrive, Sky-Beast True Person seized the ship and its passengers to deliver them as tribute to the Immortal Lord.

• Mi Mian explained the backgrounds of the Four Heavenly Kings and warned Tiger Vanguard about their powerful connections.
• After the Anlan Hao left Liang, its steward limited the children to twenty meals a day and let them fight over the food.
• Yan Qing considered using Golden Eagle Island as a route through the Eastern Sea while keeping Tiger Vanguard’s strength hidden.
• Sky-Beast True Person arrived on a level-sixty Mysterious Yin Black Iron Bird and demanded the children as interest on Golden Eagle Island’s unpaid Blissful Tribute.
• Sky-Beast True Person lifted the Anlan Hao in the black eagle’s claws and flew toward Blissful Island with the children aboard.

Tiger Vanguard and the other children arrived on Blissful Island after Sky-Beast True Person ordered them into the Blissful Immortal Palace’s Ascension Road. At the palace, Tiger Vanguard saw that their challenge had changed into an Annihilation Battle against the Mysterious Blissful Immortal Lord.

• Sky-Beast True Person ordered the harbor supervisor to send the children into the secret realm and have Lin Wujie arrange their entry into the Ascension Road.
• The steward told the children they had been abandoned, warned them to participate separately and leave at the first chance, and sent them ashore behind Tiger Vanguard.
• The harbor supervisor’s messengers took the children by dragon carriage across prosperous Blissful Island to the palace entrance.
• Flower Butterfly True Person ordered the adults to take the children through the Teleportation Gate, while Mi Mian and Shen Qiuqiu argued over who would stay with Tiger Vanguard.
• Tiger Vanguard read the secret-realm display, which changed from the Extreme Weeping Daoist challenge to an unlimited-player battle to kill the Mysterious Blissful Immortal Lord.

Tiger Vanguard and the other children were brought to the Blissful Immortal Palace’s Ascension Road, where Wei Qiu explained that its dangers and rewards were real. The chapter ended as Chen Shiqi and Yao Xuan entered the game, leaving the children to realize that participants became the figures on the Sand Table.

• The adults brought Tiger Vanguard and the children into the palace and showed them the Ascension Road Sand Table, where three players gained a lucky reward before being devoured by monsters.
• Thousand Mechanisms True Person used his divine power to compel the children to follow him to a lounge, where they regained control and ate while Wei Qiu explained the game.
• Wei Qiu told the children that Ascension Road’s rewards were real and that anyone who reached its end could win a Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Chen Shiqi and Yao Xuan entered Ascension Road, appearing as two figures in the Sand Table, and Wei Qiu confirmed their destination to the startled children.

Wei Qiu explained the Ascension Road’s routes, dangers, rewards, and the Blissful Immortal Palace’s role in resetting it as Yan Qing considered how its mechanics worked. After one team withdrew with rewards, Gu Zheng and nine other battle-hardened participants entered the road, while Wei Qiu warned that repeated attempts could not guarantee victory.

• Wei Qiu explained that participants could withdraw from the Ascension Road at crossroads, and Gu Zheng urged him to provide the children with weapons.
• Wei Qiu described the four starting routes and their risks as a team navigated the Sand Table, fought bandits, collected rewards, and continued beyond its first crossroads.
• Tiger Vanguard asked where the Ascension Road’s rewards came from, and Wei Qiu explained that wagers funded them while Mysterious Blissful Immortal Lord could reset the realm and replenish its products.
• The team reached its fifth crossroads, withdrew with abundant spoils, and received the dealer’s congratulations after avoiding battles on its final stretch.
• Gu Zheng and nine other participants entered the Ascension Road, and Wei Qiu told Shen Qiuqiu that teams could challenge repeatedly but had no guaranteed victory.

Tiger Vanguard challenged the fairness of the Ascension Road after a powerful team was wiped out, then volunteered with Bai Zhou to enter the next round. As Wei Qiu prepared the children for their turn, Tiger Vanguard asked to pose a question first.

• A Thunder Wolf Beast killed all ten Seekers of the Dao on the sixth grid, horrifying the children and adults watching in the lounge.
• Tiger Vanguard suggested the Immortal Palace could manipulate the Ascension Road, and he argued that its random events could be used to conceal rigging.
• Wei Qiu threatened the uncle who defended the game into entering the single-person route, where a Fourth Rank Demon killed him at the eighteenth step.
• A servant announced that Sky-Beast True Person was ready, and Wei Qiu asked which children would enter the next round.
• Tiger Vanguard and Bai Zhou volunteered, while Mi Mian and Shen Qiuqiu clung to Tiger Vanguard; he then asked Wei Qiu a question before challenging the road.

At Unbroken Feast, Blissful Immortal Lord tested Tiger Vanguard’s resolve and offered him a chance to become a disciple if he rescued enough children on Ascension Road. Tiger Vanguard and Bai Zhou fought their way through the early spaces and entered a challenge guarded by a Third Rank Demon King, where their unexpected strength stunned the spectators.

• Sky-Beast True Person reported that his group had failed to reach Old Immortal of the Air Disaster, and Blissful Immortal Lord advised him to pursue Shield Front with his [Life String] ability.
• Sky-Beast True Person presented talented children for selection as a Son of Destiny, and Tiger Vanguard asked to continue on Ascension Road with his friends after leaving it.
• Blissful Immortal Lord agreed to an exception if Tiger Vanguard’s group reached the crossroads at the thirtieth step and surpassed at least two people in every game, offering him the outer sect or True Disciple status depending on how many he rescued.
• Tiger Vanguard and Bai Zhou battled bandits and other enemies, repeatedly breaking through and impressing the guests with their combat skill.
• Tiger Vanguard and Bai Zhou reached the twenty-seventh space, where the Third Rank Demon King Ice Fang Beast guarded the heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and the spectators cried out when they saw a Bloodline Supernatural Ability.

Bai Zhou’s hunger drove her to fight for food and then volunteer for the Ascension Road alongside Tiger Vanguard. After Tiger Vanguard saved her from the Ice Fang Beast, the pair passed the crossroads without withdrawing and continued onward.

• Bai Zhou accepted food from an old man aboard the Anlan Hao and left the old man behind when the ship sailed.
• Bai Zhou beat Wang Jin to claim the largest meal, then snatched a steamed bun and was beaten for it.
• Bai Zhou volunteered for the Ascension Road and fought the Ice Fang Beast, whose freezing storm nearly immobilized her.
• Tiger Vanguard killed the Ice Fang Beast with one strike, rescued Bai Zhou, and promised to protect her.
• Tiger Vanguard and Bai Zhou passed the crossroads when the Immortal Path Dice landed on [Five] and continued along the Ascension Road.

Yan Qing used the Brush of Wonders to uncover Weeping Daoist’s first-phase attacks, realizing that clearing the Ascension Road could provide crucial information for the Extreme Dungeon. He decided to withdraw Tiger Vanguard and Bai Zhou, but Bai Zhou refused.

• Spectators watched Tiger Vanguard and Bai Zhou reach the fiftieth step of the Ascension Road, where the croupier warned them that the challenges ahead would be at least Fourth Rank Demon level.
• Yan Qing considered the danger of continuing after Tiger Vanguard had used his once-daily [Swallow Yin Yang] ability, but recognized that the Ascension Road was revealing information about Weeping Daoist.
• The Brush of Wonders disclosed Weeping Daoist’s first-phase attack patterns and the signs that showed which supernatural ability masters he was resonating with.
• Yan Qing concluded that clearing the Ascension Road could provide a valuable guide to the Extreme Dungeon and decided Tiger Vanguard should withdraw.
• Tiger Vanguard announced that he wanted to withdraw, but Bai Zhou said she wanted to continue.

Bai Zhou refused to leave the Ascension Road, and Tiger Vanguard continued with her, protecting her as they advanced. After Tiger Vanguard defeated a fourth-turn Lightning Eagle and rolled a Golden Dice multiplier that carried them to the end, he opened the jade box containing the Foundation Establishment Pill, which Bai Zhou dismissed as less appealing than roasted chicken.

• Bai Zhou insisted on continuing the Ascension Road after Tiger Vanguard offered to withdraw, and he promised to protect her.
• Tiger Vanguard and Bai Zhou crossed more grids, drawing a crowd as they survived dangerous encounters and reached the eighty-eighth step.
• The Fortune and Misfortune Grid sent them to fight a fourth-turn Lightning Eagle, and the Blissful Immortal Lord judged Tiger Vanguard to have no connection with him.
• Tiger Vanguard lured the Lightning Eagle into wasting its lightning attacks and defeated it after a prolonged battle.
• Tiger Vanguard rolled a Golden Dice showing [times three], combined it with the Immortal Path Dice’s [four] to get [twelve], and reached the end with Bai Zhou.
• Tiger Vanguard opened the jade box and found a Foundation Establishment Pill, but Bai Zhou said it was not as good as roasted chicken.