Chapter Summaries

At the Law Division auction, Lu Feng recognized the Universe Rune Box as a valuable secret artifact and bid on it despite its poor reputation. A mysterious young man who had earlier lost the Blood Eye Crystal challenged his bid, leaving the auction contest unresolved.

• Chu Xuanhe promised Luo Tianfu that he would deliver Chu Youwei to Luo's residence within three days, while Chu Youwei watched them uneasily from the ground floor.
• Jun Ziqian introduced the Universe Rune Box, explaining that its five rune pillars could trap Soul Masters in the Five Elements Five Qi Realm.
• An Evolution Sky Sect formation master disparaged the box as slow and suitable only for sneak attacks, causing potential bidders to hesitate.
• Lu Feng bid eighteen Source Stones, recognizing the box as a secret artifact connected to the Exquisite Valley and dismissing concerns about his sect's reputation.
• A mysterious young man seated beside Sun Liuliu bid twenty-one Source Stones, prompting Lu Feng to suspect the man was a formation master.

Lu Feng baited Qin Tianliang into paying far too much for the Universe Rune Box, then bid on Worry-Free Wood after recognizing Gongsun Che, one of the men who had poisoned Jun Ziyi’s group. Gongsun Che outbid Lu Feng at Gongsun Ranran’s urging, leaving the Worry-Free Wood auction in progress.

• Lu Feng stopped bidding at eighty Low-Grade Source Stones, but Qin Tianliang kept raising the price to spite him.
• Lu Feng withdrew from the bidding, leaving Qin Tianliang to win the Universe Rune Box at an inflated price.
• Blazing Enchantress mocked Qin Tianliang, while Chu Youwei grew more curious about Lu Feng.
• Jun Ziqian introduced the Worry-Free Wood, and Lu Feng recognized Gongsun Che as one of the men who had poisoned Jun Ziyi’s group.
• Lu Feng bid on the Worry-Free Wood, and Gongsun Ranran urged Gongsun Che to outbid him.

Lu Feng outbid Gongsun Che for a large piece of Worry-Free Wood at the auction, then continued bidding on numerous items and spending heavily. Qin Tianliang left after receiving urgent news from West Sheep Mountain, while Huang Helou began questioning whether Lu Feng’s auction tactics were worthwhile.

• Gongsun Che repeatedly outbid Lu Feng by one Source Stone for the Worry-Free Wood, following Gongsun Ranran’s instructions.
• Lu Feng raised his bid to forty Low-Grade Source Stones, and Gongsun Che stopped bidding, leaving Lu Feng with the wood.
• A Gray-Robed Old Man brought Qin Tianliang news from West Sheep Mountain, and Qin Tianliang hurriedly left the Law Division Building.
• Qin Su stayed at the auction with Blazing Enchantress and quietly spoke to her guard.
• Lu Feng bid on more than ten subsequent auction items, winning several and spending heavily, which made Huang Helou wonder if the expense was worth it.

Lu Feng reflected on his auction purchases and recognized the Aya Flower Spear and its surviving chain spear art as a valuable supplement for Shao Yang. The bidding began with Li Qiuxue and Luo Xiaoxi competing fiercely, leaving the spear’s fate undecided.

• Lu Feng told Huang Helou that most of his auction bids had targeted items related to the Dao of Arrays and called the Silent Rush Jade his greatest gain.
• Lu Feng suspected the Withered Sea Essence Stone had been consigned by Jun Ziya and resolved to use it cautiously.
• Jun Ziqian introduced the Aya Flower Spear and half a copy of the Aya Flower Chain Spear Art, and Li Qiuxue demanded to know why the technique was incomplete.
• Jun Ziqian explained that the spear and its intact chain-spear records had been recovered from a Dead Man's Tomb and opened bidding at ten High-Grade Source Stones.
• Li Qiuxue bid fifty High-Grade Source Stones, then Luo Xiaoxi and Li Qiuxue raised the price to eighty as Lu Feng put down his bidding placard.

Luo Xiaoxi and Li Qiuxue fought over the Aya Flower Spear, with Luo Xiaoxi ultimately winning after agreeing to marry into the Jun Family. Li Qiuxue fainted when the auction ended, while Luo Xiaoxi privately considered how her apparent acceptance of the marriage could serve her own plan.

• Luo Xiaoxi repeatedly raised her bids against Li Qiuxue, while Luo Tianci tried to restrain her spending.
• After Li Qiuxue bid one hundred and eighty High-Grade Source Stones, Luo Xiaoxi pleaded with Luo Tianci and promised to obediently marry into the Jun Family if he helped her win.
• Luo Tianci took over the bidding and offered one hundred and ninety High-Grade Source Stones, while the old man beside Li Qiuxue immobilized her to stop her from bidding further.
• Luo Xiaoxi won the Aya Flower Spear, and Li Qiuxue fainted from anger as the Law Division Drum sounded.
• Luo Tianci reminded Luo Xiaoxi of her promise, and she reflected that accepting her arranged marriage to Jun Zi Shuo could help her carry out her plan.

Lu Feng bid against a Beast Valley Soul Master for the Meridian Severing Soul Breaking Hook to draw out the force behind Beast Taming Manor. When Gongsun Ranran entered the bidding, his suspicions of the Gongsun Family grew, and he resolved to investigate them more closely.

• After Luo Xiaoxi spent one hundred and ninety High-Grade Source Stones on the Aya Flower Spear, the crowd clamored for the final items, especially the remaining Sect Token.
• Lu Feng focused on the Meridian Severing Soul Breaking Hook, hoping the force behind Beast Taming Manor would bid for the restraints used to subdue vicious beasts.
• A powerful Beast Valley Soul Master bid fifteen Source Stones, and Lu Feng raised the price to twenty to keep the auction moving.
• The Beast Valley man angrily traded bids with Lu Feng, then stopped at fifty-five Source Stones.
• Gongsun Ranran bid sixty Source Stones, and Lu Feng took her bid as further evidence that the Gongsun Family was behind Beast Taming Manor and its human experimentation.

Lu Feng and Lian Taihe competed for the final Sect Token until a young woman in Qin Su’s pavilion unexpectedly outbid them. Her identity was unknown to everyone in the auction hall.

• Jun Ziqian opened bidding for the final Sect Token at seventy-five High-Grade Source Stones, and Lian Taihe of Giant Scythe Manor made the first bid.
• Lu Feng raised the price to eighty-five, and Huang Helou placed his sword on the table as security for the bid.
• Lian Taihe and Lu Feng pushed the price higher until Sun Liuliu bid one hundred, fulfilling her deal with Lu Feng.
• After hesitating over the Sun Family’s influence, Lian Taihe bid one hundred and five, and Lu Feng began to answer with a higher bid.
• A young woman beside Qin Su outbid Lu Feng, causing his placard to fall as Huang Helou retrieved his sword.
• The crowd stared toward Qin Su’s pavilion and wondered who the unfamiliar young woman was.

Blazing Enchantress helped Lu Feng secure the Sect Token by deterring rival bidders, then revealed herself as his wife. After Lian Taihe attacked Lu Feng, Jun Zi Shuo ordered the Giant Scythe Manor disbanded and barred Lian Taihe from Profound Gold City, while Lu Feng faced a new enemy.

• Blazing Enchantress’s arrival stopped Sun Liuliu from bidding and made Lian Taihe abandon his attempt to contest the Sect Token.
• Blazing Enchantress ran to Lu Feng, called him her husband, and revealed that her show of influence had been the final safeguard in his plan.
• Lian Taihe attacked Lu Feng, but a black-robed guard intercepted him and subdued him.
• Jun Zi Shuo ordered Lian Taihe to disband the Giant Scythe Manor and leave Profound Gold City, prompting Lian Taihe to secretly vow revenge on Lu Feng.
• Sun Liuliu clarified that her cooperation with Blazing Enchantress was part of a transaction, and Blazing Enchantress helped Qin Su distance the Qin Family from the Azure Mountain Sword Sect.

After the auction, Lu Feng confronted Poison Scorpion and Iron Toad over the old conflict involving the Flowing Light Sword Sect. Poison Scorpion attacked Lu Feng with a poisonous soul technique, but Lu Feng blocked it and resolved to prepare a formation to counter such attacks.

• Lu Feng went with Blazing Enchantress and Huang Helou to settle the auction payments, where Poison Scorpion challenged him over the Azure Mountain Sword Sect's planned return.
• Huang Helou defended the Flowing Light Sword Sect's past actions, while Poison Scorpion and Iron Toad blamed it for the old battle and invoked the Qin Family's grievance.
• Lu Feng declared that the Azure Mountain Sword Sect would hold its Establishment Ceremony and dared its opponents to challenge the sect there.
• Poison Scorpion launched a soul attack shaped like an emerald scorpion, but Lu Feng used Purple Eyes, Evilbreaker to halt its poisonous tail needle.
• Poison Scorpion left with Iron Toad, alarmed by Lu Feng's strength, while Lu Feng recognized the Black Scorpion Gate's soul-poisoning method and planned to build a countering formation.

Lu Feng collected the auction items and paid a steep price, while Jun Zi Shuo sent Jun Ziqian to investigate the Ringed Banyan Tree and forbade him from watching the consignment-gold pavilion. Sun Liuliu learned that the Cloth-Clad Guest had entered the Qin Family Villa and, suspecting Qin Tianliang, set out for the Qin Family.

• Lu Feng verified his auction purchases, including the Blood Eye Crystal, Black Essence Pill, Withered Sea Essence Stone, and Sect Token, then paid with Source Stones.
• Huang Helou accepted that the Sect Token's cost would be charged to the Azure Mountain Sword Sect.
• Jun Zi Shuo ordered Jun Ziqian to investigate the Ringed Banyan Tree's origins and why the Sun and Luo Families had bid for it.
• Jun Zi Shuo refused Jun Ziqian's suggestion to watch the storeroom pavilion where consignment gold was collected.
• Uncle Ya told Sun Liuliu that the Cloth-Clad Guest had entered the Qin Family Villa and seemed familiar with its terrain and formations.
• Sun Liuliu blamed Qin Tianliang for plotting against her family and left with Uncle Ya for the Qin Family.

After collecting the auction proceeds, Lu Feng returned to Yan Hua Pavilion, where Huang Helou and Qin Su argued over whether the Flowing Light Sword Sect had delivered a warning before its destruction. The chapter left Lu Feng openly questioning whether Qin Family leaders had ignored or concealed the message.

• Lu Feng left Huang Helou and Blazing Enchantress at Yan Hua Pavilion and disguised himself to collect the consignment proceeds from the Law Division Building.
• The Law Division Building paid Lu Feng five hundred and sixty-one High-Grade Source Stones, and he transferred them into the Kirin Ring after confirming no one was following him.
• Lu Feng returned to Yan Hua Pavilion and overheard Huang Helou insist that the Flowing Light Sword Sect had sent a messenger to warn the Qin Family.
• Qin Su said her brothers had denied receiving any message, while Huang Helou revealed that the messenger had died in the battle of Demon Extermination.
• Lu Feng asked whether anyone could verify that Qin Family leaders had truly received no warning, then said their arrogance might have caused the tragedies that followed.

Lu Feng explained how a failed message may have led to the Qin Family’s losses, and Qin Su identified Qin Sannuo’s role in the betrayal. She recounted how he had plotted against her husband years earlier, then hinted that her husband’s death might be tied to the same battle.

• Lu Feng said the withdrawal message may have reached the Qin Family but been mishandled by a guard who served Qin Sannuo.
• Qin Su confronted her maid Xiao Die for secretly passing information to Qin Sannuo, then killed her for betraying her master.
• Qin Su revealed that Qin Sannuo had arranged the Fire Abyss expedition five years earlier to harm her husband.
• Qin Su explained that Lu Feng’s treatment helped her recover, and later investigations revealed Qin Sannuo had known about the Fire Abyss before the expedition.
• Lu Feng asked whether Qin Su’s husband’s death was connected to the battle that had caused the Qin Family’s losses.

Qin Su revealed that Qin Sannuo may have concealed messages during the Demon Extermination battle, prompting her to seek the Azure Mountain Sword Sect’s help in exposing the truth. Meanwhile, the Chu Family ordered Chu Youwei to go to Luo Tianfu in three days, and she resolved to sever ties with her brother afterward.

• Qin Su told Lu Feng and Huang Helou that Qin Sannuo may have intercepted messages during the Demon Extermination battle and tried to kill her husband to hide what he knew.
• Qin Su asked Lu Feng to continue as usual and return to the Sect Force Realm so the old case could be investigated again, while she relied on her remaining connections for protection.
• Chu Xuanhe convened a family assembly and announced that Chu Youwei would be sent to Luo Tianfu for the Chu Family’s benefit.
• Chu Youren urged Chu Youwei to sacrifice herself, and she told him their sibling bond would end after she helped him this last time.
• Chu Youwei promised to go to Luo Tianfu’s residence in three days and demanded that he stop using underhanded tricks before then.
• Chu Xuanhe gave Chu Youwei Luo Tianfu’s token and ordered her to take it to the Luo Family Villa.

Lu Feng visited Luo Tianci late at night to exchange the Luo Family fragment for the Sect Token. After receiving the token and returning the fragment, Lu Feng left Luo Tianci impressed by his schemes and relieved that they were friends.

• Lu Feng went to the Luo Family Villa to retrieve the Sect Token from Luo Tianci.
• Lu Feng pretended to be cautious in the side hall, then revealed the Luo Family fragment and startled Luo Tianci into taking him to a secret chamber.
• Luo Tianci returned the Sect Token to Lu Feng, who checked it and said they were even.
• Luo Tianci understood that Lu Feng had returned the fragment to its rightful owner and realized Lu Feng was a formidable ally or enemy.

Luo Tianci thanked Lu Feng for returning the Luo Clan Fragment and invited him to celebrate at the Luo Family Villa, while Luo Tianfu arranged to meet Chu Youwei in three days and made plans to torment her. The chapter ended with Uncle De leaving Luo Tianfu, chilled by his arrogance.

• Luo Tianci sincerely thanked Lu Feng for returning the fragment and invited him to drink, declaring that he would stand by their friendship despite the sects' rivalries.
• Lu Feng teased Luo Tianci about his lavish banquet and his younger brother's absence, and Luo Tianci explained that Luo Tianfu rarely stayed at the villa.
• Luo Tianfu went to Linliu Pavilion hoping to confront Sun Liuliu, but she was away at the Qin Family.
• Chu Youren told Luo Tianfu that Chu Youwei would come to his residence in three days, and Luo Tianfu promised Chu Xuanhe that he might hand over the Hua Ying Hall if she pleased him.
• Luo Tianfu ordered preparations to isolate and soundproof his room, planned to obtain new torture implements, and dismissed Uncle De's warning about his resources.
• Uncle De left after Luo Tianfu boasted that no one would dare act recklessly in Profound Gold City, and felt a chill at his young master's stubborn arrogance.

Lu Feng drank and sparred with Luo Tianci at the Luo Family Villa before Luo Tianci left after receiving an urgent report. Left alone, Lu Feng began arranging the Traces Array, hoping to fuse Drunken Sword Intent into the Heavenly Shell Crystal.

• Lu Feng drank with Luo Tianci, then exchanged playful sword moves with him using branches.
• Lu Feng spotted a black-clad figure in the distance, but a gray-robed messenger arrived and reported something about West Sheep Mountain to Luo Tianci.
• Luo Tianci sobered himself with spiritual energy, apologized to Lu Feng, and left on urgent business, ordering guards to look after him.
• Lu Feng went to a guest room, isolated his aura, and prepared the Heavenly Shell Crystal, Silent Rush Jade, and other materials for the Traces Array.
• Lu Feng planned to use the lingering effects of the wine to fuse a wisp of Drunken Sword Intent into the Heavenly Shell Crystal.

Lu Feng failed to condense his Sword Light into a Heavenly Shell Crystal, accidentally demolishing much of the Luo Family Villa’s courtyard. He moved into another room to try again, unaware that a masked figure was hiding in its wardrobe.

• Lu Feng engraved the Shattered Shadow Pattern onto the Silent Rush Jade and prepared to fuse Sword Light with a Heavenly Shell Crystal.
• Lu Feng strengthened his Sword Light with the Killing Heart Art and Seven Souls Array, but the Heavenly Shell Crystal cracked and the blast destroyed several guest rooms.
• Lu Feng realized he needed to restrain and condense the energy inside the crystal rather than in his palm.
• A guard found Lu Feng, called off the villa’s alerted men, and directed him to a quiet room.
• Lu Feng entered the room and began another attempt, unaware that a masked figure hiding in the wardrobe clutched a white-jade bead.

Lu Feng discovered a woman hiding in Luo Tianfu’s wardrobe after a strange fragrance weakened him, and he mistook her for an assassin. After recognizing her with his Evil-Dispelling Spirit Eyes, he was left shocked and deeply embarrassed.

• After forging the first Heavenly Shell Crystal, Lu Feng noticed a strange fragrance and confronted someone hiding in the wardrobe.
• The black-clad woman tried to change clothes and conceal her assassin outfit before Lu Feng blasted the wardrobe open.
• Lu Feng found the woman exposed and spotted a cracked jade bead between her toes, realizing it had released a soul-bewitching fragrance.
• The woman hurriedly put on revealing clothes from the wardrobe, while Lu Feng turned away and waited for her to finish.
• Lu Feng suspected the woman was disguised, activated his Evil-Dispelling Spirit Eyes, and recognized her, leaving him shocked and ashamed.

Disguised as a bed-attending maid, Chu Youwei tried to get close to Lu Feng and escape the Luo residence, while Lu Feng concealed that he had recognized her. When a guard’s presence blocked her way out, Chu Youwei kissed Lu Feng with Bewitching Paste and knocked him unconscious.

• Chu Youwei disguised herself as a maid sent by the First Young Master and approached Lu Feng, who refused her advances.
• A guard outside the room heard the commotion, but Lu Feng reassured him that he had only knocked over a cabinet.
• With the guard keeping watch outside, Chu Youwei decided to incapacitate Lu Feng so she could escape at daybreak.
• Chu Youwei led Lu Feng toward the bed and tried to pull him onto it, but he stopped her and covered her with his outer garment.
• Chu Youwei kissed Lu Feng, transferring Bewitching Paste from her lips and causing him to black out.

Chu Youwei tried to conceal her identity and appearance while Lu Feng lay unconscious, but an attack on the estate forced her to wake him before the guards checked on their Honored Guest. Lu Feng regained consciousness under Chu Youwei’s threat just as the guards asked whether he was safe.

• Chu Youwei covered the unconscious Lu Feng, removed her revealing disguise, and wore his robe because she had no other clothes.
• Chu Youwei heard guards announce an enemy attack and realized they would soon check on Lu Feng.
• Chu Youwei climbed across Lu Feng to the inner side of the bed, confirmed he was unconscious, and used spiritual energy to wake him.
• Chu Youwei threatened Lu Feng and told him to cooperate when guards knocked to ask whether Young Master was all right.