Chapter Summaries

Xu Yi bid on rare auction items, securing the Lesser Heavenly Dipper Formation and a box of Heavenly Thunder Pearls while spotting a golden cultivation manual like the one in Jiang Nanxun’s Sumeru Ring. After the Sumeru Rings were auctioned, an unhatched Exotic Beast Egg appeared, leaving Xu Yi interested in the next lot.

• Xu Yi bought one bottle of Top-grade Essence Restoration Pills and one bottle of Top-grade Qi Replenishing Pills, then watched the remaining bottles sell for over seventy thousand gold each.
• Xu Yi recognized an auctioned golden cultivation-manual slip as resembling the one in Jiang Nanxun’s Sumeru Ring and grew excited about its likely value.
• Xu Yi won the Lesser Heavenly Dipper Formation for one hundred and forty thousand gold, while another bidder bought the Sky Locking Formation for three hundred and thirty thousand.
• Xu Yi won a box of three Heavenly Thunder Pearls for one hundred thousand gold, leaving him with two jade palms and two hundred and ninety thousand gold.
• The auction sold five Sumeru Rings, then brought out a pure-white Exotic Beast Egg that had failed to hatch for three years.

Xu Yi spent heavily at the auction to secure spirit soil for Qiu Wa, then watched a Divine Essence Pill go up for bid and struggled to resist it. He had not yet decided whether to spend his remaining resources on the pill.

• Xu Yi watched buyer number three win the unknown Exotic Beast Egg for one million one hundred thousand gold.
• Xu Yi bid two hundred and fifty thousand gold and won the box of spirit soil, which he valued for Qiu Wa.
• Xu Yi reviewed his purchases, including three Top-grade magic robes, Essence Restoration Pills, Qi Replenishing Pills, the Lesser Heavenly Dipper Formation, and the spirit soil.
• The Man in Purple Robe presented a low-grade Divine Essence Pill and announced a starting bid of eighty thousand gold.
• Xu Yi felt tempted to bid for the pill but hesitated, knowing he might need more than one when he reached Sea Transformation.

Xu Yi watched the Blazing Fire Talisman sell for 2.3 million gold, collected the items he had won, and brought out the Ghost Fangs at the exchange. A cultivator offered to trade for them, and Xu Yi asked for a flying mount, leaving the deal unresolved.

• The final Divine Essence Pills sold for 250,000 and 310,000 gold, and the Blazing Fire Talisman sparked a fierce bidding war before Guest Number One bought it for 2.3 million gold.
• The Man in Purple Robe closed the exchange, and Xu Yi collected his purchases from a sealed stone chamber and tipped the green-skirted maid.
• Xu Yi returned to the hall and found that the Ghost Fangs from the Blood Bat Demon King drew a crowd when he displayed them.
• A tall cultivator identified the fangs as nearly Ghost King-level and offered to trade for them to use as the core of a Yin-attribute Scepter.
• Xu Yi asked the cultivator for a suitable flying mount in exchange for the Ghost Fangs.

Xu Yi traded the Ghost Fangs and fifteen thousand gold for a valuable Mechanical Bird, then spotted a poison seller whose quiet stall made him suspect a catch. The chapter left him approaching the seller and wondering what the danger was.

• Xu Yi insisted on trading the Ghost Fangs for a flying mount, and the black-robed man revealed a Mechanical Bird.
• The man explained the Mechanical Bird’s capabilities, and Xu Yi agreed to compare offers for it and the Ghost Fangs.
• Xu Yi sold the Ghost Fangs for twenty-five thousand gold and paid the fifteen-thousand-gold difference to acquire the Mechanical Bird.
• Xu Yi learned to operate the Mechanical Bird and considered selling the Blood Bat Demon King's steel claws before deciding he could earn money another way.
• Xu Yi noticed a quiet stall marked with the character for poison and hurried over, thinking of Azure Light and Shui Zhongjing.
• Xu Yi wondered why the poison stall had attracted so few people and suspected it concealed a loophole.

Xu Yi traded the Blood Bat Demon King's steel claws for a Mang Gu Pearl that could ward off most poisons and 70,000 gold in banknotes. With his purchases and sales complete, he surveyed the spoils in his Sumeru Ring, pleased that he had exceeded his goals for the trip.

• Xu Yi rejected the black-robed man's deadly poisons but became interested when the man offered treasures that could ward off poison.
• Xu Yi showed the man the Blood Bat Demon King's steel claws, and the man offered a Mang Gu Pearl in exchange.
• Xu Yi insisted that they establish the value of both treasures before trading, then learned the claws were worth 150,000 gold and the pearl 80,000 gold.
• Xu Yi and the black-robed man agreed to the trade, and Xu Yi received the Mang Gu Pearl and 70,000 gold in banknotes.
• Xu Yi finished selling and buying what he had planned, then inspected the gains in his Sumeru Ring.

Xu Yi returned from the Ullambana Festival with a hoard of treasures and waited for the Divine Essence Pill rather than rushing to rescue Qiu Wa. On the flight home, Madam Feng offered him a position with the Feng family, and he spotted a river crowded with dead Yin Lice below.

• Xu Yi inventoried his treasures, judged his strength, and decided to wait for the Divine Essence Pill before going to the Tianshan Sect for Qiu Wa.
• The exchange meeting ended, and Xu Yi attended the banquet, ate at five different tables, then returned to his room to read and sleep.
• Pavilion Master Fang summoned Xu Yi, and he joined the others aboard a flying boat heading home.
• Madam Feng offered Xu Yi a well-paid retainer position with the Feng family, and Xu Yi said he would consider it.
• Xu Yi took the flying disc down from the boat and recognized the Yin River below, where countless dead Yin Lice floated on the surface.

Xu Yi trained relentlessly with his silver bow and entered a state in which every arrow struck its target. Meanwhile, at Xue Leng Peak, a woman in white had stood alone by a precipice for three days.

• Xu Yi concluded that the Yin River’s overflow was connected to the tomb expedition and returned to the city without investigating.
• Madam Feng renewed her offer of a guest-retainer position, and Xu Yi promised to visit her in a few days.
• Xu Yi rented a secret chamber at Alchemy Hall and practiced archery with his silver bow, at first struggling to hit the moving targets.
• Xu Yi pushed past exhaustion until his archery flowed effortlessly and every arrow struck its mark.
• At Xue Leng Peak of the Tianshan Sect, a woman in white stood alone on a cliff for three days.

Xue Zihan spent a long night worrying about Yi, the scoundrel who had saved her at the Ancient Tomb, and resolved to repay her debt by curing Ginseng Baby. At dawn, she continued borrowing Precious Medicines from fellow disciples, leaving her reputation at Xue Leng Peak in tatters.

• Xue Zihan recalled Yi’s strange songs and bold promise to brave fire and water for her, then worried that he might have died after fighting Jiang Nanxun and being surrounded by powerful cultivators.
• Xue Zihan vowed that Yi had to survive and repay the debt he owed her, and she passed the night turning over the Ancient Tomb events in her mind.
• At dawn, Senior Brother Zhao handed Xue Zihan a vermilion fruit, and she gave him an IOU promising repayment within three years.
• Xue Zihan’s repeated requests for Precious Medicines had made her notorious at Xue Leng Peak, where disciples struggled to refuse her.
• Senior Brother Zhao finally gave Xue Zihan his medicine after hiding in his cave for three days, relieved once she left with it.

Xue Zihan defied Fairy Yuqing to keep caring for Qiu Wa, a gravely withered Ginseng Baby, and her master ultimately agreed to let her try. Fairy Yuqing then explained the Tianshan Sect’s relationship with its Main Gate, the Upper Three Heavens, and revealed that Xue Zihan would be recommended for its selection contest in three months.

• Xue Zihan hid Qiu Wa from Fairy Yuqing and pleaded to continue caring for her despite the debts she had incurred for Precious Medicine.
• Fairy Yuqing relented, letting Xue Zihan keep Qiu Wa but requiring her to repay the debts herself.
• Fairy Yuqing warned Xue Zihan about talented competitors gathering at the Ancient Tomb and urged her not to neglect her cultivation.
• Fairy Yuqing announced that she would recommend Xue Zihan for the Main Gate selection contest in three months.
• Fairy Yuqing explained that the Tianshan Sect was a branch of the Upper Three Heavens, one of Great Yue’s Seven Great Orthodox Sects.

Xue Zihan refused Fairy Yuqing’s demand that she take the Main Gate examination, while Xu Yi completed seven days of punishing training and went to the Feng Household in Elder Xue’s disguise. The Feng Household recognized Madam Feng’s jade token and opened its long-closed central gate for him.

• Fairy Yuqing ordered Xue Zihan to consider the Main Gate examination, but Xue Zihan said she wanted to remain by her master’s side; Fairy Yuqing gave her three months to reconsider.
• Xu Yi recovered from exhaustion with Qi Replenishing Pills and a huge meal after completing his extreme training.
• Xu Yi recalled enduring five episodes of Warrior’s Stillness during seven days of training, improving his archery, senses, and body.
• Xu Yi cleaned up, disguised himself as Elder Xue with the Hundred Transformations Box, and headed directly to the Feng Household.
• The Feng Household’s guards recognized Madam Feng’s jade token, and its central gate opened to welcome Xu Yi.

Xu Yi confronted the Feng family head and the family’s honorary elders when they demanded to test his strength. He defeated the Feng family head in a brief clash, leaving everyone stunned by his power.

• Madam Feng welcomed Xu Yi at the Feng family estate and introduced her husband, the Feng family head.
• Several honorary elders challenged Xu Yi, and he accused the Feng family head of treating him as an untrusted guest.
• The Feng family head admitted he wanted to see Xu Yi’s abilities, and Xu Yi challenged him to a fight to the death.
• Xu Yi struck the dark-faced Giant Man and shattered his magical robe, sending him flying and making him spit blood.
• Xu Yi blocked the Feng family head’s powerful palm, reset his dislocated arm, and hurled the Feng family head backward with a stronger counterattack.

Xu Yi used his strength to secure a position as the Feng Family’s chief honorary elder, then learned that the family planned to kill him. In a secret chamber, Old Qiu identified Xu Yi as someone disguised with a Hundred Transformations Box.

• Xu Yi defeated the Feng Family challengers, accepted the chief honorary elder position, and received his first year’s salary from the Feng Family head.
• The Feng Family head announced plans for a grand ceremony welcoming Xu Yi and left him to celebrate with the family members.
• Xu Yi drew out the Eldest Young Master, who revealed that the Feng Family planned to kill Xu Yi within ten days.
• Old Qiu told the Feng Family head and Madam Feng that Xu Yi had changed his appearance using a Hundred Transformations Box.

The Feng Family's head and Madam Feng decided to use Elder Xue temporarily before killing him, but a Calamity Cloud over Qixia Mountain drew their attention to a rumored divine pill. Xu Yi realized the cloud might be connected to Qi Ming and the Divine Essence Pill, and the Feng Family sent him with its younger generation to the mountain.

• The hunchbacked old man warned the Feng Family's head that Elder Xue was dangerous, and they agreed to use him only briefly before disposing of him.
• Madam Feng proposed killing Elder Xue for his wealth, and the Feng Family's head agreed to wait for an opportunity.
• A strange blue-green Calamity Cloud appeared over Qixia Mountain, prompting rumors of a rare treasure or divine pill.
• Xu Yi recognized Qixia Mountain as the Pill Cauldron Sect's home and suspected the cloud was linked to Qi Ming, the Myriad Transformation Cauldron, and the Divine Essence Pill.
• The Feng Family's head sent Qingyang, Third Brother, the elders, and elite disciples toward Qixia Mountain, ordering Xu Yi to oversee them.
• The Feng Family's group reached Qixia Mountain, where crowds of martial artists and villagers had already gathered.

The Feng Family reached the Pill Cauldron Sect and pushed past the Shui Family’s blockade before joining the other families at the sect’s mountain-protecting formation. A confrontation with the Lei Family erupted, and Xu Yi’s explosive arrow damaged a Yun Family elder’s treasured spear.

• The Feng Family’s Third Elder led the group toward the Pill Cauldron Sect, where they saw two Shui Family men kill a green-robed elder.
• Young Master Feng challenged the Shui Family’s claim to the road, and Xu Yi ordered the Feng Family to charge through Shui Mingyue’s blockade.
• The Feng Family reached the mountain gate and found the Shui, Lei, and Yun Families gathered before the protective formation.
• Young Master Lei provoked Feng Qingyang by insulting Old Ancestor Feng, and Xu Yi fired a Cloud Burst Arrow at him.
• A Black Robed Elder deflected Xu Yi’s arrow, but it exploded, sending Young Master Lei flying and breaking the elder’s Azure Water Thorn.

Xu Yi helped the Four Great Families break through the Pill Cauldron Sect’s mountain-protecting formation, then watched them slaughter the sect’s defenders while he searched for Qi Ming. The family leaders gathered at a massive iron gate where Yun Mou offered to use a Heavenly Thunder Pearl if everyone shared its cost.

• Xu Yi destroyed the Yun Family Elder’s Azure Water Thorn with a Cloud Burst Arrow and warned Young Master Lei not to provoke him again.
• The Black Robed Elder urged the Four Great Families to attack the Pill Cauldron Sect’s formation, and their combined assault quickly brought it down.
• The crowd rushed through the mountain gate and was ambushed by the Pill Cauldron Sect’s hidden defenses, while Xu Yi retreated to prepare for danger.
• Xu Yi returned to find the Four Great Families overpowering the sect’s defenders, and he moved toward the center to search for Qi Ming.
• Xu Yi reached a massive iron gate with the family leaders, where Yun Mou proposed using his Heavenly Thunder Pearl if the others shared the cost.

Xu Yi and the clan heirs entered Qi Ming’s alchemy chamber just as his Divine Essence Pill reached completion, only for the cauldron to explode and a Calamity Cloud to strike the pill’s would-be attackers. After the lightning passed, the heirs fought over the surviving pill, and the chapter ended with Shui Mingyue and Lei Mingyuan clashing over it.

• Shui Mingyue paid the Black Robed Elder and the clan heirs to blast open the iron wall with a Heavenly Thunder Pearl.
• Xu Yi recognized the withered Qi Ming working over the cauldron, and Shui Mingyue killed a retainer who rushed toward it before the treasure was ready.
• When Qi Ming coughed blood and the cauldron began to shake, Xu Yi pulled him away with the Dragon Binding Net just before the cauldron exploded.
• A single top-grade Divine Essence Pill emerged intact, and Xu Yi avoided the Calamity Cloud’s lightning by retreating to the wall.
• After the lightning struck the pill’s attackers, Shui Mingyue, Lei Mingyuan, the Black Robed Elder, and others fought to seize it.
• Shui Mingyue knocked the pill toward himself, but Lei Mingyuan attacked him with a blade strike, and the two exchanged blows.

The Four Great Families fought over the peerless Divine Essence Pill, which could let a cultivator undergo Sea Transformation again. Third Elder Feng tricked Feng Qingyang and the others, escaped with the pill, and hid in a forest to recover his True Qi.

• Shui Mingyue wielded the Tide Listening Sword against Lei Mingyuan, while the Black Robed Elder protected him and the families' disciples joined the fight.
• Lei Mingyuan warned the others that Xu Yi was watching from the sidelines, and Feng Qingyang sent Xu Yi out of the cave.
• Feng Qingyang threw Thunderclap Pellets as he and Third Elder Feng tried to seize the golden pill amid the smoke and flames.
• Third Elder Feng passed Feng Qingyang a box of ordinary pills and told him to flee while he held off Shui Mingyue, Elder Yun, and Lei Mingyuan.
• Third Elder Feng secretly escaped in another direction with the real Divine Essence Pill and reached a forest, where he rested before continuing his flight.

Xu Yi killed Third Elder Feng and rescued Qi Ming, who blamed himself for the Pill Cauldron Sect’s destruction. As Xu Yi and Qi Ming fled on the Mechanical Bird, Old Ancestor Shui ambushed them.

• Xu Yi followed Third Elder Feng, shot and killed him, then took his Sumeru Ring and recovered the Golden Core.
• Xu Yi brought the grieving Qi Ming out of the cave and explained that the Four Great Families were looting and killing at the destroyed mountain gate.
• Qi Ming refused the Golden Core because his foundation was ruined and asked Xu Yi for a Heavenly Thunder Pearl instead.
• Xu Yi agreed, gave Qi Ming the Heavenly Thunder Pearl, and fled with him on the Mechanical Bird when he sensed an attack.
• Old Ancestor Shui appeared at the site of the blast after his Qi spear nearly struck the escaping pair.

Xu Yi fled with the top-grade Divine Essence Pill but was pursued by Old Ancestor Shui and the leaders of the Feng, Yun, and Lei families. Cornered in the air, he pretended to return the pill to the Feng Family Head, leaving his fate uncertain.

• The four family leaders abandoned their agreement to bid for the treasure after learning it was a top-grade Divine Essence Pill, and they hurried to claim it.
• Old Ancestor Shui attacked Xu Yi, but Xu Yi escaped on the Mechanical Bird and destroyed the Thousand Feather Crane with a Cloud Burst Arrow.
• Old Ancestor Shui sent word identifying Xu Yi and the golden pill, allowing the Feng Family Head, Yun Family Ancestor, and Lei Family Head to surround him.
• Xu Yi claimed he had recovered the pill from the Third Elder and killed him, then tossed the pill in a red box toward the Feng Family Head.

Xu Yi lured the Lei Family Head away from Yun Zhongzi and the Feng Family Head, leaving Qi Ming hidden in a tree with protective gear. Xu Yi then confronted the Lei Family Head in the woods, where their fight began.

• The Feng Family Head seized Xu Yi’s red box, but Yun Zhongzi attacked him and demanded the golden core while ordering the Lei Family Head to pursue Xu Yi.
• Xu Yi escaped into the woods with Qi Ming on the Mechanical Bird, while the Lei Family Head followed on foot after his golden eagle could not keep up.
• Xu Yi hid Qi Ming in a locust tree, gave him a Top-grade magic robe, and went to draw the Lei Family Head away.
• Xu Yi lured the Lei Family Head toward him, but the Lei Family Head attacked with his Wind-Calming Divine Spear and demanded Xu Yi’s Sumeru Ring.
• Xu Yi dodged behind a giant tree and hurled a boulder and then flying stones at the Lei Family Head, who smashed them with his spear.