Chapter Summaries

Shi Yue lured the Grade Two Fire Python into a trap and fought it until its hidden weapons drained its strength. After killing it, he stored its corpse and headed into its cavern.

• Shi Yue planted dozens of weapons in the ground near the Fire Python’s cavern and concealed them beneath stone.
• Shi Yue lured the Crimson Fire Python out with Fireball Talismans, then used his Purple Light Flag to withstand its flames.
• Shi Yue attacked the python with ice cones and the Sword Splitting Art while flying above its reach, and the planted weapons cut its belly.
• After the Crimson Fire Python collapsed, Shi Yue severed its head, confirmed it had bled to death, and stored its corpse in a Storage Bag.
• Shi Yue entered the cavern and used Quicksand Talismans to loosen the ground around the hidden weapons.

Shi Yue harvested a Thousand-Year Black Pine Lingzhi and decided to search the Spirit Mist Mountain Range for two more days before returning. Meanwhile, Zhang Yang and his companions encountered a Foundation Establishment cultivator who attacked them, leaving Zhang Yang on the brink of death.

• Shi Yue collected a Thousand-Year Black Pine Lingzhi and more than a dozen younger Black Pine Lingzhi from the Fire Python's cave.
• Shi Yue chose to remain in the Spirit Mist Mountain Range for two more days and followed the Snow Cloud Sable into the forest.
• Zhang Yang found a Hundred-Year Golden Flame Lingzhi while gathering herbs with five other aspiring Taixu Sect disciples.
• The Black-robed Old Man arrived on a giant black eagle and revealed that he intended to kill the group and take their belongings.
• The Black-robed Old Man's Red Short Rulers killed Zhang Yang's companions and left Zhang Yang gravely wounded.

The Black-robed Old Man killed Zhang Yang and his companions, looted their belongings, and headed deeper into the Spirit Mist Mountain Range. Shi Yue found two Hundred-Year Green Phoenix Flowers with the Snow Cloud Sable, then fled a vast pack of Green Yao Wolves and escaped with a Fire Escape Talisman.

• The Black-robed Old Man took Zhang Yang's Storage Bag, burned the corpses, and flew toward the Spirit Mist Mountain Range on a Black Eagle.
• The Snow Cloud Sable led Shi Yue to two Hundred-Year Green Phoenix Flowers, and Shi Yue promised it twenty Hundred-Year Spirit Herbs if it found a Thousand-Year Spirit Herb.
• Shi Yue and the Snow Cloud Sable crossed a grassland and reached a bamboo forest as a herd of wounded yao beasts fled from thousands of Green Yao Wolves.
• The Green Giant Wolf and its pack attacked Shi Yue, who recalled the Snow Cloud Sable and ran toward a nearby valley behind a Purple Light Screen.
• Shi Yue blocked the wolves with two Yellow High Walls, escaped using a Fire Escape Talisman, and reappeared near a pile of rocks.

Shi Yue was caught in the pursuit of two Qi Refining cultivators by a Black-robed Old Man and tried to escape the attack. The old man killed the blue-robed man and turned his weapons toward Shi Yue and the woman in the green dress.

• Shi Yue encountered a blue-robed man and a woman in a green dress fleeing from the Black-robed Old Man, who rode a black eagle.
• The two cultivators falsely accused the old man of being a demonic cultivator and fled in opposite directions, while Shi Yue escaped on his Red Moon Disk.
• The Black-robed Old Man sent groups of Red Short Rulers after all three, and their defensive shields barely held against the first assault.
• The old man spotted the blue-robed man's exceptional-grade robe and attacked him with a Black Flying Knife.
• The Black Flying Knife pierced the blue-robed man's neck, and the Black-robed Old Man sent it toward the woman while directing the Red Short Rulers at Shi Yue.

Shi Yue fled the Black-robed Old Man on the Haoyue Flying Boat, spending his Spirit Recovery Pills and Spirit Recovery Wine to escape. He reached Li Family Village, where a woodcutter mistook him for a ghost as Shi Yue collapsed into a period of weakness.

• The woman in the green skirt tried to defend herself with a blue jade ruler, but the Black-robed Old Man's flying knife killed her, and he collected her spirit tools.
• Shi Yue escaped on the Haoyue Flying Boat while the Black-robed Old Man pursued him on a black eagle, and Shi Yue used Spirit Recovery Pills to restore his magic power.
• When Shi Yue's magic power ran low again, the Black-robed Old Man switched to his Moyang Boat and continued the chase.
• Shi Yue drank Spirit Recovery Wine and consumed drops of Thousand-Year Spirit Milk to finally lose the Black-robed Old Man.
• Shi Yue landed near Li Family Village, where Zheng Dadan mistook him for a ghost and ran away as Shi Yue suffered pain and weakness from exhausting his power.

Shi Yue hid from the Black-robed Old Man, then fled to a deserted village where he encountered a child and learned that a ghost haunted the area. A ghostly middle-aged man appeared and targeted Shi Yue for his Yang energy, leaving him facing a new threat.

• Shi Yue concealed himself in the woods and evaded the Black-robed Old Man, who searched for him twice before leaving.
• Shi Yue fled to a deserted village and found its spotless houses empty of people.
• Shi Yue discovered a yellow dog in a cellar and followed it into the woods, where he met a child called Little Monkey.
• Two men warned Shi Yue that a ghost haunted Li Family Village and urged him to flee with them.
• A ghostly middle-aged man appeared, dismissed the fleeing villagers, and focused on Shi Yue as a source of Yang energy.

Shi Yue drove off the ghost threatening Li Family Village, then agreed to consider helping after a child promised an ancestral treasure. He met the village chief Li Yi and the hiding villagers, who begged him to save them.

• Shi Yue used a Green Light Talisman to shield himself from the middle-aged ghost's attacks and learned the ghost refused to enter reincarnation.
• Shi Yue attacked with a Crimson Fire Dragon, forcing the ghost to flee after it threatened to wipe out Li Family Village if Shi Yue left.
• The child and two villagers begged Shi Yue to eliminate the ghost, and the child offered an ancestral treasure in exchange.
• Shi Yue followed the child to a hidden mountain cave and met his grandfather, Li Yi, and dozens of villagers.
• Shi Yue showed Li Yi a flame on his fingertip, and Li Yi and the villagers knelt to ask him to save Li Family Village.

Shi Yue agreed to rid Li Family Village of an evil ghost in exchange for its ancestral treasure, then entered Palm Heaven Space to recover and discussed demon beast meat cultivation with Xiaoyaozi. Xiaoyaozi offered him a recipe that could strengthen his body and aid the True Spirit Nine Transformations, and Shi Yue asked its price.

• Li Yi promised Shi Yue the Li Family’s ancestral treasure if he removed the evil ghost, and Shi Yue required the villagers to keep his whereabouts secret.
• Shi Yue carved a Stone Room, sealed its entrance with an Earth Wall Talisman, and posted Spirit Devouring Bees as sentries before entering Palm Heaven Space.
• Shi Yue told Xiaoyaozi he would help the villagers for their treasure rather than force them to hand it over.
• Xiaoyaozi urged Shi Yue to use a recipe for demon beast meat that could strengthen his body and help him cultivate the True Spirit Nine Transformations.
• Shi Yue doubted the recipe’s claims, then asked Xiaoyaozi how many Spirit Stones it would cost.

Shi Yue bought Xiaoyaozi’s method for preparing python meat, processed a Crimson Fire Python, and roasted Dark Spirit Tea leaves while tending his other spirit creatures. Three days later, he cooked the python meat and enjoyed a meal with the tea, while the boiled meat continued cooking.

• Shi Yue bargained with the seller and paid 3,500 Spirit Stones for a python-meat recipe on a Jade Slip.
• Shi Yue removed the Crimson Fire Python’s gallbladder, cut up its corpse, and soaked the meat in Hundred Fragrance Spirit Wine.
• Shi Yue harvested Dark Spirit Tea leaves and roasted them twice to produce four jin of tea.
• Shi Yue replaced the Spirit Stones nourishing the Flood Dragon Egg and fed Spirit Mulberry Leaves to the Golden Silk Silkworms until they spun silk.
• Three days later, Shi Yue roasted some python meat, started a cauldron of boiled python meat, and enjoyed the roast with Dark Spirit Tea and spirit fruit.

Shi Yue finished refining python meat and found that his blood and qi had brought True Spirit Nine Transformations close to its second layer. He agreed to protect Li Family Village from the ghost and discovered that Li Yan had Three Spiritual Roots, but said the boy would have to leave his grandfather to learn magic.

• Shi Yue finished refining the python meat and left Palm Heaven Space, where Li Yi and the villagers waited for him.
• Shi Yue told the villagers to return to Li Family Village and promised to destroy the ghost, then proposed building a shared courtyard for them to shelter in at night.
• Shi Yue flew to the village with Li Yan and learned that the ghost had killed more than fifty people in a month.
• Shi Yue tested Li Yan's spiritual roots and found that he had wood, water, and fire roots.
• Shi Yue offered to teach Li Yan magic but told him he would have to leave his grandfather.

Shi Yue built a stone courtyard in Li Family Village and waited for the ghostly creature, which attacked at night before escaping his pursuit. He remained in the village for two more days, but the ghost never appeared again.

• Shi Yue built an acre-sized courtyard from earth and stone so the villagers could shelter from the ghost.
• The villagers kept watch with Shi Yue, but the ghost did not appear until the hour of the tiger.
• The middle-aged ghost slipped through the courtyard wall toward the sleeping men, and Shi Yue sent the Qingyuan Sword after him.
• The ghost evaded Shi Yue by darting through trees and into a mountain cave, then escaped through stone.
• Shi Yue told the villagers the ghost had gotten away, and Li Yi reassured them that his intervention had kept them safe.
• Shi Yue stayed in Li Family Village for two more days, but the ghost did not return.

Shi Yue devised a plan with Xiaoyaozi to lure out the Ghostly creature and protect the villagers, then used Li Yan as bait after driving away beasts and burning damp places. The Ghostly creature finally appeared, watching Shi Yue and Li Yan from behind a tree as it sought human life essence.

• Shi Yue asked Xiaoyaozi how to draw out the Ghostly creature, and Xiaoyaozi advised him to kill nearby beasts, burn damp places, and use black dog blood for protection.
• Shi Yue told Li Yi and the villagers to hide in the mountain cave at night while he lured out the Ghostly creature, and the villagers gathered black dog blood.
• Shi Yue killed large beasts and burned damp places, but the Ghostly creature did not appear during the first two nights.
• On the third night, Shi Yue put the Soul Suppressing Lock on Li Yan and disguised himself as a villager before chasing him into the village.
• A pale-faced middle-aged Ghostly creature emerged from behind a tree and watched Shi Yue and Li Yan, realizing it had to hunt humans for life essence.

Shi Yue pursued the middle-aged Ghostly creature after it targeted Li Yan, but Li Yan’s golden eyes froze the creature long enough for Shi Yue to destroy it. Xiaoyaozi identified the unconscious boy as the rare Gold-Eyed Dao Body, leaving Shi Yue astonished by his potential.

• Shi Yue chased the middle-aged Ghostly creature from the courtyard on the Haoyue Flying Boat after it exposed his identity and fled.
• The creature raced back toward Li Family Village to use Li Yan as a shield, but Shi Yue pursued it and shouted for the boy to run.
• The creature caught up with Li Yan, who fell; golden light burst from his eyes and stopped the creature in its tracks.
• Shi Yue’s Qingyuan Swords pierced the creature, which dissolved into azure smoke, and he caught Li Yan as the boy collapsed.
• Xiaoyaozi told Shi Yue that Li Yan possessed the Gold-Eyed Dao Body, one of the ancient Ten Great Dao Bodies.

Shi Yue learned that Li Yan possessed the rare Gold-eyed Dao Body and bought Xiaoyaozi’s cultivation method for it, along with more levels of the Spirit Splitting Art. Li Yan remained unconscious after instinctively using his spirit eye, but Xiaoyaozi assured Shi Yue that he would recover after resting.

• Xiaoyaozi urged Shi Yue to keep Li Yan instead of taking him to the Taixu Sect, explaining that the child had a Gold-eyed Dao Body.
• Xiaoyaozi offered the first level of the child’s cultivation method for ten thousand Spirit Stones, and Shi Yue paid for it.
• Shi Yue bargained with Xiaoyaozi over the price of the second through fourth levels of the Spirit Splitting Art, then paid a hundred Mid-grade Spirit Stones for them.
• Shi Yue returned from Palm Heaven Space and found that Li Yan had not woken up.
• Xiaoyaozi explained that Li Yan had exhausted his mental energy by instinctively activating his spirit eye after a Ghostly creature approached him.

Shi Yue learned about ancient Dao Bodies from Xiaoyaozi, then prepared to leave with the awakened Li Yan after eliminating the Ghostly creature. He retrieved Li Yi’s ancestral treasure and found an ancient wooden box sealed by a lightning-producing talisman, whose origins remained unknown.

• Xiaoyaozi explained the Ten Great Dao Bodies, including the Great Strength Dao Body, Ten Thousand Flames Body, and Immortal Dao Body, while admitting his own memories were incomplete.
• Shi Yue brought the unconscious Li Yan into the Palm Heaven Space to help him recover, then returned with him to the villagers’ cave nearly two days later.
• Li Yi offered the ancestral treasure and asked Shi Yue to take Li Yan along; Shi Yue agreed and said he had to leave soon.
• Shi Yue dug up Li Yi’s chest and found Spirit Stones, unusable magical artifacts, materials, and an antique wooden box protected by a Gold Talisman that shocked him with golden lightning.
• Li Yan woke and said goodbye to Li Yi, promising to return after learning the art of immortality; Li Yi told Shi Yue that generations of his family had been unable to open or damage the wooden box.

Shi Yue returned to Immortal's Fate City with Li Yan and learned that the five great sects were competing to recruit a Heavenly Spiritual Root genius through a talisman-making contest. Chen Xing'er had recommended Shi Yue to represent the Taixu Sect, and he went to meet Chen Xiangdong, who questioned him about his disappearance.

• Shi Yue brought Li Yan back to Immortal's Fate City and explained that she should call him Big Brother Shi.
• Shi Yue introduced Li Yan to Chen Xing'er at the Taixu Herb Hall and said he planned to recommend her for admission to the sect.
• Chen Xing'er told Shi Yue that a Heavenly Spiritual Root genius had delayed recruitment by proposing a Fireball Talisman contest among the five great sects.
• Chen Xing'er revealed that she had recommended Shi Yue to represent the Taixu Sect, and Shi Yue agreed to speak with Chen Xiangdong about the contest.
• Shi Yue left Li Yan with Chen Xing'er and went to the Taixu Sect's encampment, where Chen Xiangdong demanded to know why he had been missing.
• Shi Yue told Chen Xiangdong that he had encountered demonic cultivators while gathering herbs, and Chen Xiangdong questioned him about them.

Shi Yue returned and learned that he might represent his sect in a talisman-making contest for the chance to recruit a Heaven Spiritual Root child. He also secured permission to recommend Li Yan, while the Ancient Sword Sect’s Liu He remained kneeling before his superiors.

• Shi Yue told Chen Xiangdong that three Qi Refining demonic cultivators had forced him to hide, then avoided promising victory in the talisman contest.
• Liu Rong suggested a trial among the sect’s three talisman-making disciples, and Chen Xiangdong scheduled it for the next morning.
• Shi Yue asked to recommend Li Yan, an eleven-year-old with Three Spiritual Roots, and Chen Xiangdong allowed it under the sect’s rules.
• Chen Xiangdong and Liu Rong discussed the rare Heaven Spiritual Root prodigy and wondered why Luofu Hai had rejected the Ancient Sword Sect.
• At the Ancient Sword Sect’s encampment, Liu He knelt in regret as a middle-aged woman asked Senior Brother Chen to let him rise.

The Ancient Sword Sect and the Luo Family debated Luofu Hai’s future after he refused to join the sect, leaving his admission to depend on a talisman-making contest in three days. Shi Yue decided to enter and learned that Xiaoyaozi could teach him an unusual Fireball Talisman method.

• An Ancient Sword Sect elder blamed Liu He for driving Luofu Hai away and ordered him to kneel until the contest results were known.
• The Luo Family head decided Luofu Hai would join whichever sect won the talisman-making contest, despite the family’s ties to the Ancient Sword Sect.
• Shi Yue entered the Palm Heaven Space and told Xiaoyaozi he planned to enter the contest.
• Xiaoyaozi offered Shi Yue a Jade Slip containing eighty-one Fireball Talisman drawing methods for one thousand Spirit Stones.

Shi Yue studied eighty-one methods for drawing Fireball Talismans, then won his sect’s selection contest and received the spirit-grade Taixi Brush. He left with thousands of sheets of Talisman Paper to practice before representing his sect in the contest two days later.

• Shi Yue traded ten Mid-grade Spirit Stones for a Jade Slip containing eighty-one Fireball Talisman methods, memorized them, and practiced until he found a faster technique.
• Shi Yue competed against a young man in blue robes and a Blue-skirted Woman to determine who would represent the sect in the talisman-making contest.
• Shi Yue drew fifty-five Fireball Talismans in half an hour, beating the young man’s thirty-five and the woman’s twenty-nine.
• Chen Xiangdong awarded Shi Yue the spirit-grade Taixi Brush and ordered him to represent the sect in the contest two days later.
• Shi Yue received five thousand stacks of blank Talisman Paper to practice with, while Chen Xiangdong promised him twenty thousand more if he won.

Shi Yue prepared for the Great Tang Five Sects’ talisman-making competition, which would determine which sect could take Luofu Hai as its disciple. The five representatives took their places inside the contest barriers, and the competition was about to begin.

• Shi Yue visited Taixu Grass Hall, asked Chen Xing'er to look after Li Yan, and promised to teach him cultivation after they returned to the sect.
• Shi Yue spent over a hundred days in Palm Heaven Space practicing Fireball Talismans and grew confident that he could win first place.
• Shi Yue arrived at the crowded market square, where cultivators discussed the talented recruits and wondered whether the Great Tang Cultivation World was entering a new golden age.
• Chen Gang announced the rules: the five sect representatives would draw as many Fireball Talismans as possible in half an hour, and the winning sect would take Luofu Hai as its disciple.
• Shi Yue and the other representatives chose their tables, and Chen Gang raised barriers around the platform and each contestant.