Chapter Summaries

Su Qing watched You Xianda defeat the Blade Tusker King with the You Family’s Tier 3 Talisman Painting, the Heavenly Sword Crossing West Diagram. The Demon Kings conceded the overall Gambling Battle but offered ten thousand jin of Heavenly Spirit Gold for a final fight against their Golden Robe leader.

• Su Qing met the Fate Comes Pavilion Master and watched Liang Hai Shun discreetly take a black pill.
• You Xianda faced the Blade Tusker King alone in the fourth round of the Gambling Battle.
• You Xianda used his Talisman Painting’s spirit mountain to shatter both of the Blade Tusker King’s tusks and its painted river to bind the demon.
• A flying sword from the painting cut off the Blade Tusker King’s head and pierced its demon core.
• A Golden Robe Demon King acknowledged the Demon Kings’ overall defeat and offered ten thousand jin of Heavenly Spirit Gold to any Cloud Mountain Sect cultivator who could kill him.

Yuan Tianye faced the Little Golden Peng King in the fifth combat match and tried to turn the fight into a group battle, but his disciples blamed him for leading them to their deaths. Su Qing arrived to fight for Cloud Mountain Sect, and the chapter ended with the Little Golden Peng King adding the Cloud Peng King to the opposing side before the battle began.

• The Little Golden Peng King dismissed Yuan Tianye and the Cloud Mountain Sect disciples, while Yuan Tianye proposed a banner-planting group battle.
• The Little Golden Peng King refused to bring his own group at first, and Yuan Tianye resolved to fight despite expecting defeat.
• The Inner Sect Disciples cursed Yuan Tianye for dragging them into a deadly battle.
• Su Qing arrived with the Lang Tian Three Brothers, declared his loyalty to Cloud Mountain Sect, and revealed his Tier 2 Body Cultivator aura.
• Niu Ya questioned Liang Hai Shun about failing to stop Su Qing, and Liang Hai Shun said Su Qing had rushed toward the fight for the ten thousand jin of Heavenly Spirit Gold.
• The Little Golden Peng King called forth the Cloud Peng King to match Su Qing's side, and the two sides prepared to begin.

Su Qing reorganized Cloud Mountain Sect’s forces and led an assault on Little Golden Peng King, using his Puppets to create an opening for his own spear attack. The battle remained unresolved as Su Qing charged at the Demon King amid the chaos.

• Su Qing replaced Yuan Tianye’s battle plan with his own and secured the spoils and Combat Merit for himself if they won.
• Su Qing armed the Lang Tian Three Brothers, deployed his Puppets, and positioned the fighters for battle while Cloud Mountain Sect’s disciples engaged Cloud Peng King.
• Cloud Peng King overwhelmed the Dharma cultivators with cloud feathers, leaving Yuan Tianye protected behind Su Qing’s Puppets.
• Su Qing released his flag-planted Explosive Hammer War Bears and Heavy Cavalry Lizards against Little Golden Peng King, who tore apart the Puppet formation.
• As Little Golden Peng King disrupted the Puppets, Su Qing charged forward with his spear, his attack poised to strike.

Su Qing fought the Little Golden Peng King in the Gambling Battle, using hidden arms, illusions, and the Mountain Ghoul Funeral Spirit to kill it. As the demons argued over how to respond, Su Qing pursued the fleeing Cloud Peng King.

• Su Qing's first spear strike failed to overwhelm the Little Golden Peng King, which used a high-grade Tier 2 Magic Artifact to block it before attacking at tremendous speed.
• Su Qing revealed two extra arms and used the Thousand Illusory Bodies technique to turn the fight against the Little Golden Peng King.
• The Little Golden Peng King transformed into a giant peng and attacked with a storm of feathers, while Su Qing donned Silver Tiger Battle Armor and deflected its strikes with his twin spears.
• Su Qing sent the Mountain Ghoul Funeral Spirit to strike the Little Golden Peng King, then speared it and pulled out its demon core, killing it.
• The Demon Kings and other spectators argued over the Little Golden Peng King's death and whether to attack Su Qing.
• Su Qing charged after the Cloud Peng King as it tried to flee.

Su Qing killed Little Peng King, claimed the wager’s Heavenly Spirit Gold, and shared some of the spoils with the other cultivators. Golden Peng King arrived seeking revenge and killed Wang Fengli, while Su Qing had already fled.

• The cultivators reacted to Su Qing’s victory, and the You Family approached the Wang Family with a proposal.
• Su Qing and the other cultivators demanded the demon kings honor Little Peng King’s wager; the demon kings handed over ten thousand jin of Heavenly Spirit Gold, and Su Qing shared part of it among the groups.
• Black clouds bearing the aura of a Tier 3 Demon King appeared, and Su Qing slipped away with his formation flags as Golden Peng King approached.
• Golden Peng King demanded to know who had killed his son, then mistook Wang Fengli for the killer and sliced him and the Sandstone King Dog into pieces.

After the Golden Peng King killed Wang Fengli and withdrew, Su Qing returned to White Cloud City, determined to lie low after exposing his trump cards. He found Wang Xing threatening to enslave Hu San over a damaged Demonic Core and stepped forward to defend him.

• The Golden Peng King killed Wang Fengli, then left with Immortaloxia Mountain escorting the White Cloud cultivators away.
• Su Qing fled toward White Cloud City, resolved to avoid leaving the city while the Golden Peng King might seek revenge.
• Wang Xing blamed Hu San for damaging an Ironback Bear King's Demonic Core and demanded that he become a Dao Servant of the Wang Family.
• Hu San faced the crowd's silence and prepared to resist rather than accept enslavement.
• Su Qing arrived in silver armor, approached Hu San, and loudly challenged whoever had mistreated him.

Su Qing backed Hu San against the Wang Family, turning the dispute over a damaged Demonic Core into a demand that the Wang Family pay Hu San’s slaughtering fee. The confrontation remained unresolved as a streak of rosy light descended beyond the city wall.

• Su Qing appeared on the city wall and backed Hu San, prompting the Rogue Cultivators to condemn the Wang Family’s treatment of him.
• Hu San explained that he feared losing his freedom and offered to compensate the Wang Family for the damaged Demonic Core.
• Su Qing argued that the Demonic Core had been damaged beforehand and urged Hu San to demand his slaughtering fee from the Wang Family.
• Wang Xing rejected Su Qing’s claims and said the Wang Family Patriarch would seek justice when he returned.
• Su Qing pressured Wang Xing and prepared to escalate the confrontation, but a streak of rosy light descended beyond the city wall.

After Wang Fengli died in the Golden Peng King’s attack, Su Qing forced the Wang Family to surrender the Ironback Bear King’s remains and Demonic Core. Hu San then gave Su Qing Spirit Crystals, and Su Qing arranged to buy the core from him, leaving both men satisfied.

• Wang Hei Jiu told Wang Xing that Wang Fengli had died after the Golden Peng King mistakenly killed him while avenging the Little Peng King.
• Wang Xing learned that Su Qing had fought the Little Peng King with multiple weapons and Tier 2 Puppets, then mourned the loss of the Wang Family’s Tier 2 Puppet Master.
• Su Qing told the Wang Family to leave the Demonic Core and the Ironback Bear King’s remains behind, then used his White Tiger aura to make them back down.
• Wang Xing took the Ironback Bear King’s remains without the core and left with the Wang Family.
• Hu San offered Su Qing the Demonic Core and more than thirty-seven thousand Spirit Crystals; Su Qing accepted the crystals and agreed to buy the core from him.

Su Qing chose to forge a Tier-2 Earth Bear King Puppet from the damaged Ironback Bear King Demonic Core and gathered the needed materials. After assigning the Lang Tian Three Brothers to investigate the growing number of Rogue Cultivators in the Immortal City, he began constructing the new Puppet.

• Su Qing weighed whether to consume, sell, or use the Ironback Bear King Demonic Core and decided to forge an Earth Bear King.
• The Lang Tian Three Brothers returned with the Bear King Bone and other materials, and Su Qing rewarded them with a Lizard Warrior before sending them to gather information.
• Su Qing put Flowing Silver and Tiger Egg on guard while the Mountain Ghoul Funeral Spirit chased the Phantom Leopards through the shadows.
• Su Qing noted the cramped Spirit House and planned to buy a Tier-2 Spirit House after the High Buddhist Cultivators earned more medical fees from Yao Fei.
• Su Qing began forging the Earth Bear King with the Small and Large Wood Spirits, using the Bear King Bone, Profound Iron Essence, Obsidian Soil, Heavenly Spirit Crystals, and demonic core.

Su Qing refined an Earth Bear King with five Tier 3 Runes and considered how to profit from selling Tier 2 puppets. He finished the chapter wondering whether someone in Baiyun Immortal City might need External Dual Complete Hands.

• Su Qing and the Wood Spirits prepared the Earth Bear King's materials, while Su Qing selected five Tier 3 Runes for the puppet.
• Su Qing used his External Dual Complete Hands to prepare Talisman Waters and inscribe the Earth Bear King, drawing mana from embedded Spirit Stones.
• Su Qing reflected that revealing his trump card against Little Peng King might deter lesser enemies while leaving powerful Golden Core cultivators unconcerned.
• Su Qing considered selling Tier 2 puppets for millions of Spirit Crystals but ruled out the Earth Bear King and Dual Complete Hands as products for now.
• Su Qing realized there might be someone in Baiyun Immortal City who needed External Dual Complete Hands.

Yuan Tianye told Lin Shuangmu that Su Qing could use Puppet Dual Complete Hands to restore his sword-wielding ability, giving the dispirited swordsman hope of returning to cultivation. Lin Shuangmu eagerly asked Yuan Tianye to take him to meet Su Qing, confident he could pay for the Puppet.

• Lin Shuangmu tried to take Yuan Tianye to drink and seek pleasure, while Yuan Tianye worried that his senior brother had given up after losing his arm.
• Yuan Tianye described surviving the Gambling Battle with help from Su Qing, who had become a Tier 2 Puppet Master and Tier 2 Body Cultivator.
• Yuan Tianye explained that Su Qing had offered to make a Tier 2 Puppet for Hai Yunlou if he obtained a Bear King demon core, and to use Puppet Dual Complete Hands to restore Lin Shuangmu's arm and swordsmanship.
• Lin Shuangmu became excited at the prospect of regaining his former strength and asked Yuan Tianye to take him to Su Qing.
• Yuan Tianye cautioned that a Tier 2 Puppet would be expensive, but Lin Shuangmu insisted that his savings were more than enough.

Su Qing negotiated to make Lin Shuangmu a costly set of External Dual Complete Hands, then learned that Baiyun Immortal City faced a coming calamity and that escape routes could not be trusted. He resolved to grow powerful enough to survive and went to Liang Hai Shun’s door under cover of night.

• Su Qing offered Lin Shuangmu internal or external Dual Complete Hands, and Lin chose the external version after hearing its advantages.
• Yuan Tianye warned Su Qing that Cloud Net City was collapsing and urged him to flee Baiyun Immortal City before the Great Cold season the year after next.
• Lin Shuangmu cautioned Su Qing that the Hundred Treasures Pavilion’s escape route might close and said even sect disciples could not control their survival.
• Su Qing realized his preparations might not be enough against the powerful forces surrounding the Nascent Soul Cave Mansion and resolved to pursue Tier 3 strength and resources.
• Su Qing crushed his teacup, stored the newly refined Earth Bear King, and visited Liang Hai Shun under cover of night.

After securing a possible connection to Fate Comes Pavilion, Su Qing focused on preparing for the dangers awaiting Baiyun Immortal City while rogue cultivators chose to stay for its opportunities. He imprinted the Nine Li Dao Pattern, which greatly strengthened his body but left him severely injured and made him consume Demonic Cores far faster.

• Su Qing and Liang Hai Shun discussed the dangers surrounding Baiyun Immortal City and the opportunities available there, and Liang Hai Shun promised a possible connection to Fate Comes Pavilion.
• After returning to his Spirit House, Su Qing decided not to consult the Old Daoist and considered how to obtain materials and supplies for the coming crisis.
• Su Qing imprinted the Nine Li Dao Pattern, which transformed his bones and body while rapidly absorbing the Tiger King Pill and part of the Cloud Peng King’s Demonic Core.
• The imprinting completed after Su Qing fed it another Tier 2 Demonic Core, but the process severely injured his body and spirit.
• Su Qing read that Nine Li enhanced his bone structure, combat comprehension, combat effects, and Demonic Core digestion, then joked about feasting on Demon Kings and complained that the Golden Peng King wanted revenge for its son.

Wang Xing rallied the weakened Wang Family against Su Qing, but Wang Teng arrived with You Xianda and Lin Fan and revealed that he had sold the clan and its assets to the Cloud Net Lin Family. Lin Fan ordered the Wang clansmen to sign Dao Servant contracts, leaving them shocked and powerless.

• Wang Xing vowed to lead the Wang Family in seeking revenge for Wang Fengli and Wang Junli, though he privately knew the clan could not defeat Su Qing.
• Wang Teng, You Xianda, and Lin Fan descended upon the Wang Family estate, and Wang Teng announced that he would leave Lin Fan to take over.
• You Xianda told the stunned Wang Xing that Wang Teng had sold the Wang Family and its assets to Lin Fan.
• Lin Fan presented Wang Teng's Dao Pact and ordered the Wang clansmen to sign contracts serving in the Lin Family's puppet branch.
• You Xianda explained that the Cloud Net Lin Family was a powerful Golden Core Noble Family, urging the clansmen to accept their new status as Dao Servants.

Lin Fan led the Lin Family in slaughtering the Wang Family and seized its Rune Inheritances and Puppet Blueprints, while You Xianda pointed him toward another prominent puppet master. In Baiyun Immortal City, Wei De Bao and other Rogue Cultivators protested the arrival of several demonic factions serving the Cloud Mountain Sect.

• Lin Fan demanded the Wang Family's Rune Inheritance and Sandstone King Dog Puppet Blueprints, then had his Shadow Ghost Puppet kill the entire clan when they refused to sign over their belongings and people.
• Lin Fan searched Wang Xing's Storage Bag, collected the family’s runes and blueprints, and asked You Xianda about the origin of the Wang Family's Intelligence Rune.
• You Xianda identified another renowned puppet master who had created new Tier 2 Puppets and warned that his ties to Cloud Mountain Sect True Disciples and the Hundred Treasures Pavilion made him difficult to target.
• Lin Fan said the Lin Family would proceed carefully against the puppet master, then bit into a dead Wang Family cultivator and drank her blood in front of You Xianda.
• Wei De Bao complained at the Hundred Treasures Tower that the Lin Family, White Bone Yuan Family, and Joyful Old Demon had made Baiyun Immortal City unlivable, while Rogue Cultivators watched the Lin Family claim territory.

Su Qing confronted Lin Fan after the Lin Family tried to take control of the local shops, and his Mountain Ghoul Funeral Spirit destroyed Lin Fan’s shadow ghoul Puppet. When Lin Fan summoned his powerful Eight-Armed Ghoul King to challenge Su Qing, He Xinyan arrived, and Su Qing and his allies hurried behind her.

• Lin Fan threatened Shao Delong and the nearby shopkeepers, but Su Qing and his allies arrived to oppose him.
• Su Qing’s Mountain Ghoul Funeral Spirit smashed Lin Fan’s shadow ghoul Puppet, and Lin Fan tried to recruit Su Qing into the Lin Family.
• Su Qing refused to become a Dao Servant, so Lin Fan summoned the Eight-Armed Ghoul King with help from two Foundation Establishment tribesmen.
• As Su Qing prepared to fight, Qing He brought He Xinyan, and Su Qing, Shao Delong, Liang Hai Shun, and the others hid behind her.

He Xinyan intervened when Lin Fan tried to take Shao Delong’s shop, forcing the Lin Family to pay compensation and leave. She declared the Hundred Treasures Pavilion’s street a safe zone, and Su Qing and the other cultivators considered staying there until the Grand Auction.

• Shao Delong demanded a duel with Lin Fan, but Su Qing pulled him away and warned him about Lin Fan’s soul-refining cultivation art.
• Liang Hai Shun and He Lian Xian told He Xinyan that the Lin Family was seizing shops, and Qing He explained that the affected cultivators were Hundred Treasures Pavilion guest elders.
• He Xinyan ordered Lin Fan to compensate Shao Delong with ten Spirit Stones, then threatened to move the Lin Family onto Penglai’s official demon-eradication list when he resisted.
• Lin Fan handed Shao Delong ten Spirit Stones and left with the Lin Family.
• He Xinyan promised protection to those conducting business on the Hundred Treasures Pavilion’s street and warned them to stay cautious elsewhere.
• Su Qing and He Lian Xian considered moving into their shops, while Liang Hai Shun noted that he could travel between this safe street and the one where Fate Comes Pavilion stood.

Su Qing installed Dual Complete Hands for Lin Shuangmu, restoring his severed arm and giving him a third hand. Lin Shuangmu demonstrated that he could now control three magic swords at once, while Su Qing learned he had mastered the Sword Control Art.

• The Lin Family Puppet Shop undercut Su Qing’s prices, and Su Qing predicted the Lin Family would soon raise them.
• Qing He asked Su Qing to reforge her Sword-Human Puppet, but he declined because her Sword Control Art was not yet perfected.
• Su Qing asked Qing He about He Xinyan, hoping to find an opportunity to use his Essence Transformation Hand on her, and Qing He warned him against pursuing the Pavilion Master.
• Lin Shuangmu arrived with the remaining payment for his Dual Complete Hands, and Su Qing installed them, restoring his right arm and adding another.
• Lin Shuangmu controlled three magic swords at once, and Su Qing learned that he had mastered the Sword Control Art more than ten years earlier.

Su Qing gained Lin Shuangmu’s Sword Control Art and pointed out flaws that impressed the swordsman, who resolved to improve. After Lin Shuangmu left to prepare for a gambling battle, Qing He asked Su Qing to teach her sword control in exchange for her wages, and he headed to the Hundred Treasures Pavilion to buy puppet materials.

• Su Qing drew Lin Shuangmu’s Sword Control Art through Essence Transformation and inspected his Dual Complete Hands.
• Su Qing criticized Lin Shuangmu’s rigid sword techniques and identified areas for him to improve, prompting Lin Shuangmu to accept his advice.
• Lin Shuangmu left to prepare to take Hai Ru Lou’s place in the gambling battle.
• Su Qing recalled lending Spirit Crystals to several friends for their Grand Auction plans and refused to lend Qing He money.
• Qing He asked Su Qing to teach her Sword Control Art in exchange for her daily wages, and he agreed to give her half an hour of instruction each night.
• Su Qing set off for the Hundred Treasures Pavilion to buy materials and refine puppets.

Su Qing negotiated a bulk purchase at Hundred Treasures Pavilion and obtained its Immortal City Auction list in exchange for placing his order there. He arranged to auction two puppet types under the pavilion’s name, then secured Fate Comes Pavilion’s auction list as well.

• Su Qing bargained with Tong Xin over Spirit-Calling Wood and other materials, then agreed to buy from Hundred Treasures Pavilion after receiving its auction list.
• Su Qing met He Xinyan and asked to consign two types of puppets under Hundred Treasures Pavilion’s name, explaining that he wanted protection from people coveting his skills.
• He Xinyan accepted the arrangement, and Shopkeeper Liu allocated Su Qing more than twenty Spirit Stones.
• Su Qing bought materials worth more than two hundred thousand Spirit Crystals after further haggling and left Hundred Treasures Pavilion.
• Su Qing visited Fate Comes Pavilion, spoke with Wang Rong, and used Liang Hai Shun’s connections to obtain its auction list.