Chapter Summaries

Shi Yue evaded Du Jiangming by masking his scent and hiding in Palm Sky Space, where he bought Xiaoyaozi’s Thousand Illusions Mask crafting method. Du Jiangming lost the trail and departed, while Shi Yue prepared to rest and study the method later.

• Shi Yue used Hidden Spirit Liquid on his boots and an Earth Escape Talisman to escape Du Jiangming’s search, then hid in a cave and entered Palm Sky Space.
• Shi Yue paid Xiaoyaozi seventy thousand spirit stones and asked how he had anticipated the pursuit.
• Xiaoyaozi offered Shi Yue the Hundred Illusions Mask and Thousand Illusions Mask crafting methods, explaining that the mask could conceal his face from most cultivators.
• Shi Yue agreed to pay thirty thousand spirit stones for the crafting method after learning that he could grow the rare White Oak Wood in Palm Sky Space.
• Shi Yue received the jade slip and postponed studying its crafting instructions until later.
• Du Jiangming failed to find Shi Yue, realized the scent-tracking insects had lost his trail, and left on his flying boat.

Murong Xiaoxiao discussed her cultivation and Shi Yue’s help finding an Ice Soul Flower with her brother Murong Zhi. Chen Tianhe then told her Shi Yue had been missing for over three months, and she could offer no clue to his whereabouts.

• Murong Xiaoxiao finished cultivating in her secret chamber and met her brother Murong Zhi, who had returned to attempt Core Formation.
• Murong Xiaoxiao told Murong Zhi that Shi Yue had found an old Ice Soul Flower for her in the Misty Secret Realm.
• Chen Tianhe arrived with Law Enforcement Hall disciples and asked Murong Xiaoxiao about her connection to Shi Yue.
• Murong Xiaoxiao learned that Shi Yue had been missing for over three months and said she did not know where he had gone.
• After Chen Tianhe departed, Murong Xiaoxiao watched him leave with faint worry.

The Law Enforcement Hall searched for the missing Shi Yue, while Shi Yue remained unaware as he cultivated in Palm Heaven Space. There, Xiaoyaozi explained that Shi Yue’s plump Golden Silk Silkworms were likely about to advance, and Shi Yue asked for a comprehensive book on Spirit Plants.

• Murong Zhi teased Murong Xiaoxiao about Shi Yue, then told her he would explain what had happened with Junior Brother Li.
• Chen Tianhe questioned Lu Tianzheng about Shi Yue, but Lu said he had not seen him for over three months and offered to help search.
• Chen Tianhe reported the failed search to Zhou Zhenyu, who angrily ordered the Law Enforcement Hall to keep looking for Shi Yue.
• Li Yan waited at Green Paulownia Pavilion and worried that Shi Yue had not returned.
• In Palm Heaven Space, Shi Yue stopped feeding the plump Golden Silk Silkworms Spirit Mulberry Leaves after Xiaoyaozi said they were likely about to advance.
• Shi Yue asked Xiaoyaozi for a book that listed every kind of Spirit Plant.

Shi Yue bought two spirit plant reference guides but found no record of the mysterious divine tree, which Xiaoyaozi suspected was extinct. After tending his spirit plants and leaving Palm Heaven Space to attempt Foundation Establishment, Shi Yue encountered two Foundation Establishment cultivators on patrol.

• Shi Yue paid Xiaoyaozi thirty thousand Spirit Stones for two Jade Slip guides, but neither described a spirit plant resembling the divine tree.
• Xiaoyaozi suggested the divine tree was probably an extinct species and urged Shi Yue to leave Palm Heaven Space and attempt Foundation Establishment.
• Shi Yue inspected and tended fifteen Yin-attribute spirit plants in a cavern before leaving Palm Heaven Space.
• Shi Yue flew to a desolate mountain range to find a secluded place to set up a formation and attempt Foundation Establishment.
• A Foundation Establishment man and woman stopped Shi Yue, recognized his Taixu Sect uniform, and warned him to leave the desolate area.

Shi Yue began his Foundation Establishment attempt in a remote valley after setting up defensive arrays, enduring the pill’s painful effects and refining its remaining power before taking a second pill. Meanwhile, Ma Yunfei investigated the mountain range for the secret that had drawn the market’s patrols and spotted a strange cloud forming over a narrow valley.

• Shi Yue chose a remote valley, searched for Spirit Herbs, watched for passing cultivators, and set up three arrays to protect his seclusion.
• Shi Yue took a Meridian Connecting Talisman, Foundation Strengthening Liquid, and a Foundation Establishment Pill, then endured intense pain and itching as the pill cleansed his body.
• Shi Yue spent more than ten days in Palm Heaven Space refining the pill’s remaining medicinal power, then swallowed a second Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Ma Yunfei’s background was revealed: after finding Spirit Stones in an Ancient Cultivator’s Cave Mansion, he had used two Foundation Establishment Pills to advance and gained a position managing the Ma Family’s shop.
• Ma Yunfei secretly searched the mountains for the treasure or cave mansion the market management’s large patrol force might be seeking.
• Ma Yunfei flew past a narrow valley as dark clouds and fierce winds gathered above it, then watched a huge cloud swell with flashes of white light and thunder.

Ma Yunfei recognized the celestial phenomenon as a sign of a rare treasure and hid as two cultivators arrived. After plotting to claim the treasure instead of alerting Elder Li, the cultivators flew into the valley toward a newly revealed cave.

• Ma Yunfei studied a Jade Slip, recognized the phenomenon as resembling a rare treasure, and hid outside the Peach Blossom Forest as two cultivators approached.
• Fairy Li and Fellow Daoist Chen debated whether to inform Elder Li or keep the treasure for themselves.
• After Five-Color Heavenly Thunder struck the valley, Fellow Daoist Chen and Fairy Li agreed to claim the treasure if they could.
• The thundercloud dispersed, revealing Five-Colored Spirit Light that streamed into the valley and disappeared.
• Fellow Daoist Chen and Fairy Li flew into the valley and descended toward a newly visible cave.

A hidden attack formation unleashed fire attacks on the middle-aged Daoist and the Red-skirted Woman while Ma Yunfei entered the Peach Blossom Forest and became trapped in an illusion. The illusion left Ma Yunfei imprisoned in a dungeon, while the pair continued facing the formation’s assault.

• The middle-aged Daoist and the Red-skirted Woman defended themselves from the formation’s giant fireballs and prepared barriers against its Fire Rain Technique.
• Ma Yunfei arrived outside the Peach Blossom Forest and decided to let the pair break the formation before approaching the cave mansion.
• Ma Yunfei entered the Peach Blossom Forest and found himself in an illusion where his clan accused him of murdering a fellow clansman for a Three Hundred Years Moonlight Grass.
• Liu Qing appeared in the illusion and presented a Sound-Repeating Bamboo recording that seemed to prove Ma Yunfei’s guilt.
• The clan leader ordered Ma Yunfei imprisoned, and guards dragged him into a dark, damp dungeon.

After reaching Foundation Establishment, Shi Yue entered the upgraded Palm Heaven Space and learned about its new Spirit Spring and the Exquisite House’s growing defensive abilities. Xiaoyaozi offered to help him move the Exquisite House outside, but demanded a steep payment.

• A guard locked Ma Yunfei in a rune-protected dungeon cell, where Ma Yunfei wondered if his imprisonment was real.
• Shi Yue reached Foundation Establishment and entered the upgraded Palm Heaven Space, finding its Spirit Fields doubled and a lake and Spirit Spring added.
• Shi Yue tasted the Spirit Spring water, and Xiaoyaozi appeared in the Palm Heaven Space, explaining he could not leave it or harm Shi Yue.
• Xiaoyaozi told Shi Yue that the upgraded Exquisite House could be moved outside and would grow stronger with future upgrades.
• When Shi Yue asked the cost of moving the Exquisite House outside, Xiaoyaozi demanded fifty thousand Spirit Stones each time.

After reaching Foundation Establishment, Shi Yue tended his spirit beasts and insects in the Palm Heaven Space and reviewed Qing Yuanzi’s legacy to plan cultivation of True Essence Pills. A formation alarm then forced him to leave the space, with an intruder or other disturbance outside.

• Xiaoyaozi refused to move the Exquisite House for fifty thousand Spirit Stones, insisting that Shi Yue had no authority over the Heaven Controlling Bead until he fully refined it.
• Shi Yue replaced the Spirit Stones beneath the Flood Dragon Egg and found that his two Golden Silk Silkworms had advanced to the second grade and were producing tougher silk.
• Shi Yue fed the Yellow Wind Ox and checked the growing Spirit Devouring Bee colony, then consulted Qing Yuanzi’s legacy and found the True Essence Pill formula.
• Shi Yue prepared to harvest the ripened Spirit Fruits and Dark Spirit Tea leaves, but two formation disks shrieked to warn that someone had triggered the formation.
• Shi Yue put away the formation disks and left the Palm Heaven Space.

After the Heaven Controlling Bead’s upgrade drew Sanxin Market patrol cultivators to his cave, Shi Yue decided he had to kill them before they could reveal its secret. He attacked them with the Blazing Demon Extinguishing Array, and the chapter ended as they counterattacked.

• Shi Yue detected two Foundation Establishment Cultivators outside his cave and suspected they had come to investigate the Celestial Phenomenon.
• The middle-aged Daoist priest and the Red-skirted Woman said they were Sanxin Market patrol cultivators who had sent a ten-thousand-mile Sound Transmission Talisman to Elder Li.
• Shi Yue agreed to withdraw the array, then grew suspicious when the patrol cultivators relaxed and reconsidered letting them go.
• After arranging for Xiaoyaozi to release the Exquisite House if he needed to escape, Shi Yue activated the Blazing Demon Extinguishing Array and declared he would kill the witnesses.
• The middle-aged Daoist priest shattered one Giant Fireball with his Green Horsehair Whisk, while the Red-skirted Woman blocked another with her Red Shield.
• The Red-skirted Woman sent a Crimson Fire Python toward Shi Yue as the middle-aged Daoist priest launched more than a hundred Green Bracelets at him.

Shi Yue used multiple arrays against the middle-aged Daoist and the Red-skirted Woman, but their Four Symbols Array Talismans and other resources helped them withstand his attacks. He replenished his strength with Thousand-Year Spirit Milk as the battle continued.

• Shi Yue’s Fire Rain Technique weakened the opponents’ Blue Light Shield, but the Red-skirted Woman deployed Four Symbols Array Talismans to shield them.
• Shi Yue intensified the Blazing Demon Extinguishing Array and sent a massive Crimson Fire Python at the two cultivators.
• The middle-aged Daoist sacrificed a White Round Bead that froze and dispelled the Crimson Fire Python.
• The middle-aged Daoist urged Fairy Li to join him in killing Shi Yue and attacked the Gold Light Screen with hundreds of Green Bracelets.
• Strained from controlling three arrays, Shi Yue swallowed a drop of Thousand-Year Spirit Milk after Xiaoyaozi warned him to end the battle quickly.

Shi Yue tried to break through his two enemies’ Four Symbols Array Talisman using puppets, talismans, and the valley’s arrays, but the Red-skirted Woman revealed a powerful spirit artifact with a tool spirit. His attacks weakened their defensive screen, though it remained intact as the chapter ended.

• Shi Yue sent two Foundation Establishment puppets and six Qi Refining puppets to attack the middle-aged Daoist and the Red-skirted Woman.
• The Red-skirted Woman unleashed her Crimson Fire Python, a tool spirit formed from her high-grade spirit artifact, while the middle-aged Daoist fired a Thousand-Blade Talisman at Shi Yue.
• The Gold Light Screen protected Shi Yue from the attackers, and he responded with Great Fireball Talismans and by activating the valley’s arrays.
• The Red-skirted Woman and the middle-aged Daoist relied on their Four Symbols Array Talisman to withstand Shi Yue’s fire attacks.
• Shi Yue’s Fire Rain Technique dimmed the Four-Color Light Screen, but the barrier survived the assault.

Shi Yue used the Vajra Demon Trapping Array to hold off the middle-aged Daoist and the Red-skirted Woman while preparing his Ping Shan Seal Talisman Treasure. After the Red-skirted Woman broke the array with her Gold Garrison Lightning Bead, Shi Yue crushed both attackers with the seal and collected their possessions.

• Shi Yue restored his magical power with Thousand-Year Spirit Milk and decided to fight rather than flee.
• Shi Yue strengthened the Gold Light Screen while the middle-aged Daoist persuaded the Red-skirted Woman to use her Gold Garrison Lightning Bead.
• The Red-skirted Woman fired the Gold Garrison Lightning Bead, shattering the Gold Light Screen.
• Shi Yue sent his Ping Shan Seal Talisman Treasure crashing down and killed the middle-aged Daoist and the Red-skirted Woman.
• Shi Yue retrieved their Spirit Artifacts, two Storage Bags, and a horsetail whisk from the pit.

Shi Yue encountered Ma Yunfei after Ma Yunfei broke through the Purple Luo Heaven Illusion Array, and the two began fighting outside the valley. Shi Yue tried to draw Ma Yunfei into his offensive array, but Ma Yunfei stayed above the valley and kept up his attack.

• Shi Yue used Thousand-Year Spirit Milk to restore his magical power after discovering that someone was breaking the Purple Luo Heaven Illusion Array.
• Ma Yunfei broke the array, found Shi Yue disguised as a thin young man, and demanded his Storage Bag.
• Shi Yue attacked Ma Yunfei with Great Fireball Talismans, then retreated toward the valley to lure him into its array.
• Ma Yunfei sent his Sun-Moon Wheel against Shi Yue, whose Golden Luo Umbrella and Crimson Fire Pythons failed to stop the assault.
• Ma Yunfei summoned a Green Giant Eagle and attacked from above without entering the valley, leaving Shi Yue on the defensive.

Shi Yue battled Ma Yunfei in the valley, using formations and talismans to stall him after Ma Yunfei destroyed a formation flag. Ma Yunfei broke through Shi Yue’s defenses, but Shi Yue escaped before he could be caught.

• Shi Yue attacked Ma Yunfei with fireballs and Green Cloud Rulers, but Ma Yunfei avoided the fire and his giant wheels shattered the rulers.
• Shi Yue retreated into the cave and activated the Vajra Demon Trapping Array, while Ma Yunfei used his wheels to destroy a formation flag and enter the valley.
• Ma Yunfei demanded Shi Yue’s Storage Bag and struck the Gold Light Screen as Xiaoyaozi advised Shi Yue to escape and conceal his identity.
• Shi Yue used Great Fireball Talismans and an intermediate Green Gang Demon Trapping Talisman to hold Ma Yunfei back, then placed Yellow High Walls across the cave entrance.
• Ma Yunfei shattered the trapping talisman and broke through the barriers, but Shi Yue had already vanished.

After Ma Yunfei fled the empty cave, Li Liang learned that Crimson Python Fairy and Qingyun Daoist had been killed and ordered the mountain sealed. Unaware of the search, Shi Yue disguised himself as a Taixu Sect disciple and encountered three Foundation Establishment cultivators aboard a flying boat.

• Ma Yunfei searched the empty cave, sensed two stronger cultivators approaching, and escaped with a Fire Escape Talisman.
• The Middle-aged Scholar and Li Jiao identified Crimson Python Fairy and Qingyun Daoist among the dead and alerted their allies.
• Li Liang and Zhao inspected the valley, recognized the Blazing Demon Extinguishing Array, and ordered patrol teams to seal off the mountain and arrest unfamiliar cultivators.
• Shi Yue changed into Taixu Sect disciple clothes, concealed his aura at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, and flew away to evade Ma Yunfei.
• Shi Yue stopped when a flying boat carrying three Foundation Establishment cultivators approached him.

Shi Yue was caught by Sanxin Market’s patrol while gathering Spirit Herbs and agreed to return for questioning. Zhao Dongliu spared him a Spirit Locking Chain because he was a Taixu Sect disciple, but Shi Yue was still taken into the market dungeon.

• Shi Yue agreed to accompany three Foundation Establishment Cultivators to Sanxin Market after learning they were arresting unfamiliar cultivators.
• Zhao Dongliu arrived, ordered Song Ming to escort Shi Yue alone, and let him go without a Spirit Locking Chain because of his Taixu Sect ties.
• Song Ming flew Shi Yue to Sanxin Market on his Two-headed Vulture, where Shi Yue saw the market sealed behind its City Protection Array.
• A gold-robed cultivator took charge of Shi Yue and ordered him to follow other chained captives to the dungeon.

Shi Yue and his companions were detained in Sanxin Market’s Spirit Locking Tower while the market investigated the deaths of its patrol cultivators. After Shi Yue hid his valuables in Palm Heaven Space, a rune-covered soybean transformed into a yellow bird inside his cell.

• Qu Feiyan watched Shi Yue and the others being escorted through the market and decided to use their arrest to entertain herself.
• Market guards registered Shi Yue’s group and locked them in separate stone rooms in the Spirit Locking Tower, while Shi Yue worried that the investigation would expose his role in killing two patrol cultivators.
• Xiaoyaozi urged Shi Yue to hide his valuables and offered to safeguard them for a fee, so Shi Yue entered Palm Heaven Space and handed him his Hundredfold Storage Bag.
• A rune-covered soybean flew through the window of Shi Yue’s cell, evaded his grasp, and transformed into a small yellow bird.

Shi Yue learned about the Sound Transmission Bean Soldier that marked him and asked Xiaoyaozi about Cultivation Stars. The chapter left him understanding that the Star Sand Continent was probably on a Low-level Cultivation Star, where cultivators generally needed to reach Spirit Transformation Realm to travel among the stars.

• A little yellow bird spoke to Shi Yue, then sent a silver light into him and flew away.
• Xiaoyaozi explained that the bird was a Sound Transmission Bean Soldier and that its silver light had marked Shi Yue so it could find him again.
• Shi Yue learned how Sound Transmission Bean Soldiers worked, what they cost, and how their messages could be intercepted.
• Shi Yue asked Xiaoyaozi about Cultivation Stars, and Xiaoyaozi explained their classifications and the difference between Low-level and High-Level Cultivation Stars.
• Xiaoyaozi said the Star Sand Continent was probably on a Low-level Cultivation Star and that cultivators generally needed to reach Spirit Transformation Realm to leave their star.

Shi Yue considered buying the Five Elements Chaotic Origin Art from Xiaoyaozi, then exchanged heated words with Qu Feiyan through a Sound Transmission Bean Soldier. The chapter ended with Qu Feiyan activating a silver bean, apparently preparing to retaliate against him.

• Xiaoyaozi offered Shi Yue the Five Elements Chaotic Origin Art for a hundred thousand Spirit Stones and explained its benefits, costs, and secret techniques.
• Shi Yue agreed to consider the art after checking whether he could obtain the ingredients for its Chaotic Origin Pills.
• Qu Feiyan received a Sound Transmission Bean Soldier that repeated Shi Yue’s remark about a thousand, but she could not determine what he meant.
• Shi Yue insulted Qu Feiyan through the bean soldier after she demanded an explanation, and she warned that she would teach him a lesson.
• Qu Feiyan took a silver bean from a wooden box and activated it with Hand Seals and Magic Arts.