Chapter Summaries

Tong Moli and Li Xi argued over how to answer the Shang Family’s growing alliance with Flawless Demon Lord, and Tong Moli revealed her plan to bid for the Guild Creation Token. In Loulan, Deng Guanjian explained why the Dragon Poem Six Tribes needed a guild, leaving Baichuan Liu reflecting on the upheavals reshaping the world.

• Shang Zimi told Tong Moli that Shang Youli had secretly been communicating with Flawless Demon Lord and that the Shang Family believed the True Fire Sect was the orthodox lineage.
• Li Xi urged Tong Moli to strike first against the Shang Family and warned that Flawless Demon Lord might have a Calamity Lord’s backing, but Tong Moli insisted they could endure until Candle Lord returned.
• Tong Moli showed Li Xi a black-and-gold invitation and said winning the Guild Creation Token could resolve suspicions within the Fire Worship Cult; Li Xi realized they intended to bid for it.
• Baichuan Liu questioned Golden Crow Immortal Lord Deng Guanjian about spending the Dragon Poem Six Tribes’ secret treasury on the Guild Creation Token instead of saving it for war against Azure Cloud Demon Lord.
• Deng Guanjian argued that a guild could unite the Dragon Poem clans and give them the strength to oppose powerful rivals, while explaining that the ancient Dragon Palace had disappeared after disaster and its members dwindled.
• Baichuan Liu remarked that unprecedented changes were unfolding, and Deng Guanjian welcomed the possibility of the rise of an Eight Revolutions Immortal Lord or even a Nine Revolutions Immortal Venerable.

Ying Ru Shi returned to claim Qi’s throne, while Yaoshi Yuan’s Foundation Establishment and Treasure Gathering Pavilion auction drew Dragon Locking True Person into a wider conflict. In Jiangnan City, Shang Xin Lei revealed that she had reached Foundation Establishment, leaving her father and brother stunned.

• Ying Ru Shi told Murong Hui that Ying Le and the Three Great Heavens of Qi were dead, then invited her to help govern Qi before they left for Evernight.
• Yaoshi Yuan met Dragon Locking True Person, who agreed to help her gather information on Zhou Kingdom’s Foundation Establishment cultivators and their treasures.
• A letter from True Person Dongshou invited Dragon Locking True Person to Chang’an for Treasure Gathering Pavilion’s Guild Creation Token auction, revealing Yaoshi Yuan’s role in the venture.
• Shang Xin Lei told Shang Xuanwen and Shang Qia that she had just become a Foundation Establishment True Person, but they mistakenly thought she was confessing to a romantic encounter with Yellow Dog.
• Shang Xin Lei announced that she would remain at home and asked her family to arrange the announcement of her new status and their promotion to a Purple-Sashed Family.

True Person Dongshou entered the Treasure Gathering Pavilion to bid on the Guild Creation Token, hoping to use it to gather cultivation resources and advance his cultivation. Surrounded by other Foundation Establishment experts, he felt a rare sense of belonging, but his arrival ended with a hostile confrontation.

• True Person Dongshou rebuked He Lan Shangyue for trying to arrange prey and prisoners for him, then dismissed him after revealing that he had spent days shooting arrows at ants in the garden.
• He Lan Shangyue realized True Person Dongshou was unlikely to favor him and worried that another branch would inherit leadership of the Helan Family.
• True Person Dongshou prepared his assets and entered the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, where the ceiling mural stirred insights into his cultivation.
• True Person Dongshou saw hundreds of Foundation Establishment experts gathered in the pavilion and felt he had found kindred spirits.
• A Palace Attire Woman shoved True Person Dongshou aside and threatened him after identifying herself as Cheng Ying, consort of Gold-Refining Great True Person.

True Person Dongshou witnessed powerful Immortal Lords discuss bidding for the Guild Creation Token while factions weighed their interest in the auction. The auction began when the token’s seller stepped forward as host.

• Gai Qingyun warned True Person Dongshou not to cause trouble, but Deng Guanjian intervened and protected him from the Azure Cloud Immortal Lord’s divine sense.
• Deng Guanjian and Gai Qingyun discussed bidding together for the Guild Creation Token before departing, leaving True Person Dongshou to learn their identities from other cultivators.
• Hua Yue told Tong Moli that the Imperial Stream Court might bid for a reserve token, while Shen Lan accused Hua Yue of taking his niece and discussed Golden Crow’s efforts to secure the token.
• Tong Moli and Li Xi found no sign of Candle Lord as Hua Yue, Shen Lan, and Tong Moli speculated about the Heavenly Court’s plans.
• The seller of the Guild Creation Token appeared at the lectern and announced that the auction had begun.

At the Treasure Gathering Pavilion auction, the mortal seller of the Guild Creation Token resisted pressure from the Whale Hermit and demonstrated that she could control access to the Pavilion. Deng Guanjian proposed a partnership to help her grow, prompting other major forces to compete for her favor.

• The Whale Hermit pressured the auctioneer to hand over the Guild Creation Token for a hundred thousand spirit jades.
• Deng Guanjian stopped the Whale Hermit with his spiritual sense, and the auctioneer ordered the Pavilion to blacklist him.
• The auctioneer rebuffed Deng Guanjian when he tried to intervene, then had the Whale Hermit removed from the Pavilion.
• Deng Guanjian offered to fund the auctioneer's Foundation Establishment and build a trade relationship with her through the Dragon Poem Clan.
• Gai Qingyun confirmed Deng Guanjian was acting on his own, while the Fire Worship Cult, Chang Sheng Tian, and Imperial Stream Court offered their own support and resources.

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.