Chapter Summaries

Shi Yue tended his spirit plants and silkworms, replenished the Flood Dragon Egg’s Spirit Stones, and went to Sanxin Market to find seeds for higher-quality crops before attempting Foundation Establishment. He bought Golden Spotted Rice and Snake Skin Fruit seeds but found no high-quality Spirit Tea seeds, leaving him to seek them elsewhere.

• Shi Yue collected silk from the Golden Silk Silkworms, fed them, replenished the Flood Dragon Egg’s Spirit Stones, and harvested his Spirit Fruits and Dark Spirit Tea leaves.
• Shi Yue decided to keep his current Spirit Fruit Trees and Spirit Tea Trees until he could obtain seeds for better varieties.
• Shi Yue spotted Liu He, now a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, shopping for tea with a blue-robed Ancient Sword Sect disciple, but Liu He did not recognize him.
• Shi Yue bought two jars of Golden Spotted Rice seeds and one jar of Snake Skin Fruit seeds from Wang's Seeds.
• Shi Yue searched the northern street’s shops for high-quality Spirit Tea seeds but found none.

Shi Yue searched Sanxin Market for high-quality spirit tea seeds and traded a High-grade Magic Tool for a Phoenix Cry Tea seed. He later acquired a Golden Mulberry Spirit Tea seed, then replaced the traded tool on his stall.

• Shi Yue searched the market plaza’s stalls but found no high-quality spirit tea seeds.
• After seeing a vendor trade a Flame Moon Saber only for a Gold Element High-grade Magic Tool, Shi Yue obtained stall space and offered items in exchange for spirit tea seeds.
• A middle-aged man traded Shi Yue a Phoenix Cry Tea seed for a High-grade Magic Tool, and Shi Yue planted the seed in Palm Heaven Space.
• Shi Yue inspected more seeds over the following days, but none interested him until a white-robed youth brought a Golden Mulberry Spirit Tea seed.
• Shi Yue accepted the Golden Mulberry seed in exchange for a High-grade Magic Tool and placed another one on his stall.

Shi Yue entered the Treasure Competition Palace to attend a large auction, while three Core Formation Cultivators discussed expanding surveillance around Sanxin Market to protect their secret. The auction began with a pair of Cold Moon Sabers offered for bidding.

• Shi Yue planted Golden Mulberry Spirit Tea seeds in Palm Heaven Space and resumed his daily cultivation.
• Fellow Daoist Li, Madam Lin, and the Middle-aged Scholar discussed searching for a secret place and agreed to expand surveillance using local patrol recruits led by their own people.
• Shi Yue paid fifty Spirit Stones to enter the Treasure Competition Palace and took a seat in its crowded auction hall.
• Jin Ri and Yin Yue opened the auction and presented a pair of Top-grade Magic Tool Cold Moon Sabers with a starting bid of one thousand Spirit Stones.

Shi Yue bid against other cultivators and won the Low-Grade Spirit Artifact Gold-Clang Hammer for fifteen thousand Spirit Stones. A Black Skirt Woman and her attendant discussed his concealed cultivation, while the auction continued with the Ink Turtle Shield.

• Shi Yue watched the early lots sell and decided to wait for a close-combat spirit artifact.
• Yin Yue auctioned the Gold-Clang Hammer, and Shi Yue won it for fifteen thousand Spirit Stones after outbidding a dark-faced man.
• A Black Skirt Woman and her attendant failed to see through Shi Yue's cultivation and speculated about his origins.
• Yin Yue auctioned the Ink Turtle Shield, which a ruddy-faced, middle-aged Daoist won for sixteen thousand Spirit Stones.

Yin Yue auctioned several treasures, including the Water Cold Sword, before Jin Ri began selling the finale items. The Foundation Establishment Pills fetched high prices, and the auction continued.

• Shi Yue bought two bottles of Spirit Feeding Pills while Yin Yue auctioned cultivation manuals, artifacts, pills, and other items.
• The Blue-skirted Woman in Box Seven outbid a neighboring bidder and bought the Water Cold Sword for forty thousand Spirit Stones.
• Jin Ri presented three Foundation Establishment Pills as the first finale auction item, and an old man in white bought the first for forty thousand Spirit Stones.
• The remaining two Foundation Establishment Pills sold for forty-five thousand and fifty thousand Spirit Stones.

Jin Ri auctioned the Golden Gong Bracelet and began selling three powerful formations, while Shi Yue decided the Blazing Demon Extinguishing Array was essential for his future Foundation Establishment. The first formation’s price reached fifty thousand Spirit Stones on Shi Yue’s bid, with the auction still underway.

• Jin Ri demonstrated the Golden Gong Bracelet’s defenses, and Han Fei and Chen Yuting tried to outbid each other before a brocade-robed cultivator bought it for fifty-three thousand Spirit Stones.
• Chen Yuting told her younger sister she had only bid to make Han Fei spend more, while Han Fei declared he would obtain the Top-Grade Spirit Tool.
• Jin Ri introduced the Blazing Demon Extinguishing Array, the Purple Luo Heaven Illusion Array, and the Vajra Demon Trapping Array and explained their powers.
• Shi Yue decided he needed powerful formations after reaching Foundation Establishment and opened the bidding for the Blazing Demon Extinguishing Array at twenty thousand Spirit Stones.
• Bidders drove the price of the Blazing Demon Extinguishing Array to thirty thousand Spirit Stones, and Shi Yue raised it to fifty thousand; no one immediately challenged his bid.

Shi Yue won three sets of array flags for 150,000 Spirit Stones, drawing greedy attention from the crowd. The auction then sold the Green Dragon Boat to the Black-robed Youth before Jin Ri announced the Top-Grade Spirit Tool.

• Shi Yue won the Purple Luo Heaven Illusion Array for 40,000 Spirit Stones and the Vajra Demon Trapping Array for 70,000, while Chen Yuting and Han Fei both chose not to outbid him.
• Shi Yue paid for all three sets of array flags and returned to his seat as more than a hundred people eyed his purchases.
• Jin Ri presented the Green Dragon Boat, and the Black-robed Youth claimed it for 70,000 Spirit Stones after identifying himself as Black Wind Venerable's grandson.
• Jin Ri announced that the auction's Top-Grade Spirit Tool was about to appear.

At the auction, Jin Ri presented the Golden Flood Dragon Blade, a powerful Top-Grade Spirit Tool that sparked fierce bidding among the cultivators. The price reached two hundred thousand Spirit Stones, and Chen Yuting gave up while the bidder in the neighboring room remained determined to win it.

• Jin Ri introduced the Golden Flood Dragon Blade and described its thirty-two layers of restrictions and sealed Level Four Golden Crown Flood Dragon soul.
• Shi Yue considered the blade but decided not to bid because its attributes did not suit him and doing so could attract trouble.
• A woman in Room Ten opened the bidding at one hundred and fifty thousand Spirit Stones, and Han Fei raised the price to one hundred and sixty thousand.
• Chen Yuting borrowed her Fifth Sister's remaining Spirit Stones and bid one hundred and seventy thousand.
• The woman in the neighboring room bid two hundred thousand Spirit Stones, and Chen Yuting stopped bidding.

Qu Feiyan outbid a Black-robed Youth for the Golden Flood Dragon Blade, then humiliated him after he stared at her and clashed with his grandfather. The auction continued under the White-robed Old Man’s warning, and Qu Feiyan left with the blade after no one raised the bid.

• Qu Feiyan bid two hundred and fifty thousand Spirit Stones for the Golden Flood Dragon Blade, then stepped out of booth ten and challenged anyone to outbid her.
• Qu Feiyan used her gaze to make the Black-robed Youth strip, and when he recovered and insulted her, she slapped him down to the first floor.
• The Black-robed Old Man attacked Qu Feiyan with a flying knife, but Sister Lin protected her with a Yellow Light Screen.
• The White-robed Old Man ordered the cultivators to take any fight outside the marketplace, while Sister Lin revealed her powerful aura and warned the Black-robed Old Man.
• Qu Feiyan won the Golden Flood Dragon Blade for two hundred and fifty thousand Spirit Stones, and the Black-robed Youth left with his grandfather.

After the auction, Shi Yue avoided Qu Feiyan and went to Divine Weapon Palace to buy defensive and support Spirit Artifacts. He left with his purchases and noticed that several men, including two Foundation Establishment Cultivators, were watching him.

• Qu Feiyan put away the Green Brocade Box and left with her bodyguard, and the white-robed elder dismissed the auction crowd.
• Shi Yue went to Divine Weapon Palace and asked Zhang Xin to show him high-quality Spirit Artifacts.
• Shi Yue bought a Stealth Cloak, Silver Thread Armor, and Purple Light Shield for twenty-five thousand Spirit Stones.
• Shi Yue visited Cunjin Pavilion and then noticed several men avoiding his gaze, including two Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
• Shi Yue walked forward, confident that he could face an ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivator with his puppet and talismans.

Qu Feiyan sent Sister Lin to capture the Black-robed Old Man and the Black-robed Youth after they insulted her. Sister Lin ambushed them outside Sanxin Market, and the Black-robed Old Man fought back as she attacked with powerful magical treasures.

• Qu Feiyan ordered Sister Lin to track down and capture the Black-robed Old Man and the Black-robed Youth, while the Daoist priest warned Li Liang to avoid provoking her and strengthen their patrols.
• The Black-robed Old Man rebuked the Black-robed Youth for causing trouble and threatened to confine him for ten years.
• Sister Lin intercepted the pair outside Sanxin Market and said she had come to take them back for insulting Qu Feiyan.
• Sister Lin attacked with Yellow Rings and a fire dragon, while the Black-robed Old Man defended them with a Black Banner and a Black Flying Knife.
• Sister Lin hurled a giant yellow brick and sent the Yellow Rings at the pair from all directions as the Black-robed Old Man summoned five wind dragons and a Black Ceramic Bowl.

Qu Feiyan captured the black-robed old man and his grandson, then ordered Sister Lin to take them away while she dealt with them. Shi Yue bought Xiaoyaozi’s Qi and Blood Pill recipe and returned to cultivating the third layer of True Spirit Nine Transformations, while insisting he had a plan to evade his pursuers.

• The middle-aged woman subdued the black-robed old man and youth, stripped them of their magic power, and sent a Silver Talisman toward Sanxin Market.
• Qu Feiyan arrived on a Two-headed Giant Eagle and ordered Sister Lin to take the captives away as she prepared to punish them.
• Shi Yue asked Xiaoyaozi for a recipe to refine Monster Beast Blood into pills and bought the Qi and Blood Pill recipe.
• Shi Yue refused Xiaoyaozi’s offer to help shake off his pursuers, saying he had already devised a plan.
• Shi Yue flew to the mountaintop, drank the Ape Essence Blood, and began cultivating the third layer of True Spirit Nine Transformations.

Du Jiangming and Lin Ting tracked Shi Yue, whom they suspected of being a wealthy target, while Shi Yue deliberately let several cultivators follow him to Li Da Magic Tool Shop. There, Li Da took Shi Yue to a secret chamber to demonstrate the Foundation Establishment Puppet he had ordered.

• Du Jiangming’s history revealed how he and Lin Ting became notorious cultivator killers known as the Male and Female Twin Fiends.
• After spotting Shi Yue at the auction, Du Jiangming marked his shoes with Scent Chasing Powder and waited for him to leave Gathering Immortals Inn.
• Shi Yue completed the third layer of True Spirit Nine Transformations in Palm Heaven Space and walked out of the inn, drawing at least five followers.
• Shi Yue arrived at Li Da Magic Tool Shop and presented his receipt for the Foundation Establishment Puppet.
• Li Da led Shi Yue into a soundproof secret chamber, where three battered stone tablets stood ready for the puppet demonstration.

Shi Yue bought two Foundation Establishment puppets from Li Da and tested their weapons and attacks. After Du Jiangming secretly scattered powder near him, Shi Yue repeatedly changed his appearance and cultivation disguise, while Xiaoyaozi offered to help him evade pursuers for fifty thousand Spirit Stones.

• Li Da demonstrated the Silver and Golden Puppets’ speed, weapons, strength, and energy-consuming beam attacks to Shi Yue.
• Shi Yue paid Li Da the remaining nine thousand Spirit Stones and received the two puppets and their operating instructions.
• Du Jiangming and Lin Ting entered the shop to inspect spirit artifacts, and Du Jiangming scattered white powder near Shi Yue as he passed.
• Shi Yue left the shop, moved through crowded streets, and repeatedly changed his appearance and clothes at inns.
• At midnight, Shi Yue checked into an inn disguised as a Qi Refining Level 7 man, and Xiaoyaozi offered to help him evade pursuers for fifty thousand Spirit Stones.

Shi Yue left Sanxin Market but discovered that Du Jiangming and Lin Ting were tracking him with Scent Chasing Bugs. He fled on the Haoyue Flying Boat, but the two Foundation Establishment Cultivators pursued him into a mountain range and were closing in.

• Shi Yue practiced controlling two Foundation Establishment Puppets before leaving Sanxin Market.
• Du Jiangming and Lin Ting used Scent Chasing Powder and a Scent Chasing Bug to track Shi Yue as he left the market.
• Shi Yue noticed the couple following him, returned to the market, and changed his appearance before leaving again.
• Du Jiangming sensed his Scent Chasing Bugs moving and pursued Shi Yue with Lin Ting on a Yellow Leaf Magic Tool.
• Shi Yue switched from his Red Moon Disk to the faster Haoyue Flying Boat, but Du Jiangming increased his speed and kept after him.
• Shi Yue reached a vast mountain range with the pursuers only a few hundred paces behind and little confidence he could defeat them both.

Shi Yue hid in a valley but was found by Du Jiangming and Lin Ting, who attacked him with spirit tools. He turned the fight around with his puppets, sword techniques, and talismans, leaving Du Jiangming facing a volley of Giant Wind Blades.

• Shi Yue accelerated the Haoyue Flying Boat, landed in a valley, and concealed himself with the Stealth Cloak.
• Du Jiangming and Lin Ting tracked Shi Yue with white beetles and attacked the rock wall with their spirit tools, forcing him to reveal himself behind the Purple Command Flag's light screen.
• Shi Yue summoned two Humanoid Puppets and used the Qingyuan Sword's Sword Splitting Art to attack Lin Ting, then swallowed a Spirit Recovery Pill.
• Lin Ting defended herself with the Green Jade Pendant and a yellow Talisman as Shi Yue's puppets and swords battered her barriers.
• Du Jiangming reached for a golden Talisman, but Shi Yue sent Great Wind Blade Talismans at him, and the Giant Wind Blades closed in.

Shi Yue endured Du Jiangming and Lin Ting’s attacks, then counterattacked with Hundred Sword Talismans and wind blades. The chapter left Lin Ting’s defenses on the verge of collapse as Shi Yue’s assault continued.

• Du Jiangming used a Hundred Sword Talisman to send over a hundred Golden Short Swords against Shi Yue, breaking through his shields, Purple Light Screen, and several protective screens.
• Shi Yue protected himself with the Golden Luo Umbrella and restored his magic power by consuming a drop of Thousand-Year Spirit Milk.
• Shi Yue activated two Hundred Sword Talismans and sent several hundred Golden Short Swords toward Lin Ting.
• Lin Ting raised a Blue Pearl’s shield, but Shi Yue’s swords and two puppets shattered it.
• Shi Yue hurled dozens of Giant Wind Blades at Lin Ting’s Green Light Screen, leaving it close to collapse.

Shi Yue used the Heavenly Thunder Talisman and a barrage of other talismans to kill Lin Ting and pressure Du Jiangming. After Du Jiangming summoned a White Flood Dragon to counter his fireballs, Shi Yue emerged from underground with the Gold-Ming Hammer.

• Lin Ting repaired her Green Jade Pendant, while Du Jiangming summoned ice serpents to intercept Shi Yue's Giant Fireballs.
• Shi Yue's Heavenly Thunder Talisman shattered Lin Ting's defenses, and his puppets beheaded her.
• Shi Yue bombarded Du Jiangming's barriers with lightning and waves of wind blades, while Du Jiangming swallowed a Blue Pill to recover.
• Du Jiangming summoned a White Flood Dragon with a Beast Soul Talisman, and it extinguished some of Shi Yue's fireballs before being engulfed by the rest.
• Shi Yue burst out of the ground beside Du Jiangming, unharmed and wielding the Gold-Ming Hammer.

Shi Yue and Du Jiangming fought fiercely, with Shi Yue nearly killing Du Jiangming using silver lightning and Qingyuan Swords. After Du Jiangming survived and counterattacked with his White Flood Dragon, Shi Yue fled underground with an Earth Escape Talisman, leaving Du Jiangming battered but alive.

• Shi Yue stunned Du Jiangming with the Gold-Ringing Hammer and struck him with a Silver Talisman, sending him crashing to the ground.
• Shi Yue attacked Du Jiangming with over a hundred Qingyuan Swords and another Silver Talisman, but Du Jiangming survived behind his Red Ceramic Bowl.
• The White Flood Dragon struck Shi Yue with its claw, sending him into a stone wall and leaving him badly injured.
• Du Jiangming swallowed a Blue Pill and attacked Shi Yue with three Yellow Flying Knives and the White Flood Dragon.
• Shi Yue countered with stacks of Great Wind Blade and Great Fireball Talismans, then dodged the dragon’s tail and decided to escape.
• Shi Yue raised Yellow High Walls, recalled his puppets, and used an Earth Escape Talisman to disappear underground as the White Flood Dragon shattered the walls.

Shi Yue escaped Du Jiangming by using talismans and Earth Escape, but Du Jiangming searched for him with White Beetles and scent-tracking. After Xiaoyaozi explained that the tracking powder was probably on Shi Yue’s Wind Spirit Boots, Du Jiangming caught up again, forcing Shi Yue to flee once more.

• Shi Yue used Great Fireball Talismans and Earth Wall Talismans to fend off Du Jiangming’s White Flood Dragon, then escaped underground with an Earth Escape Talisman.
• Du Jiangming looted Lin Ting’s belongings and sent White Beetles to search for Shi Yue, who emerged near a herd of Green Scaled Oxen and escaped with a Fire Escape Talisman.
• Shi Yue asked Xiaoyaozi why Du Jiangming could track him, and Xiaoyaozi suspected scent-tracking powder on Shi Yue’s Wind Spirit Boots.
• Shi Yue sensed Du Jiangming approaching and fled with another Fire Escape Talisman as Du Jiangming arrived above the woods with White Beetles.