Chapter Summaries

Shi Yue turned down Chen Feng and Chen Jiao’s invitation for that evening and agreed to meet them the next night, then refused Ye Feng’s offer to buy his insect-controlling art by claiming his master was a Nascent Soul Patriarch. He considered the risks of relying on that lie and studied artifact refining, while an older woman hurried to deliver good news to Qu Feiyan.

• Chen Feng and Chen Jiao invited Shi Yue to Juying Pavilion, and he agreed to meet them the following night after explaining he already had plans with Wu.
• Li Yan said she did not want to join Shi Yue for tea with the sisters but agreed to go with him to Juying Pavilion that night.
• Ye Feng of Myriad Beasts Sect asked Shi Yue to sell his insect-controlling art, but Shi Yue refused and warned that his supposed Nascent Soul master would punish anyone who tried to take it.
• Ye Feng apologized and left, while Shi Yue and Xiaoyaozi discussed the risks of the invented master and the need to earn more Spirit Stones.
• Shi Yue studied an artifact-refining Jade Slip, and an older woman urgently called out to Qu Feiyan with good news.

Qu Feiyan visited Shi Yue's Immortal Herb Pavilion seeking a thousand-year Seven-Colored Nine-Leaf Lotus and offered a large reward if he could find one. Shi Yue agreed to ask his superiors, while Lu Er encountered Chen San at Sanxin Market.

• Sister Lin told Qu Feiyan that Immortal Herb Pavilion accepted orders for thousand-year spirit herbs, and Qu Feiyan went there to inquire about a Seven-Colored Nine-Leaf Lotus.
• Shi Yue told Qu Feiyan he had never heard of the Seven-Colored Nine-Leaf Lotus, so Sister Lin gave him fifty thousand Spirit Stones and a jade slip with its description.
• Qu Feiyan promised a million Spirit Stones or other rewards if Shi Yue could obtain a thousand-year specimen, and Shi Yue agreed to contact his superiors.
• Xiaoyaozi suggested Shi Yue could grow the rare lotus in Palm Heaven Space, and Shi Yue examined the jade slip.
• Lu Er tried to offer a tour to a wealthy young man, then insulted him after he was dismissed.
• Chen San confronted Lu Er, who recognized him as a gambling addict, and Chen San gave Lu Er a Mid-grade Spirit Stone as interest on his debt.

Chen San persuaded Lu Er to bet on the undefeated Li Muxian, while Wind Fire Sect disciples arrived at Sanxin Market under the protection of the Nascent Soul Cultivator Ancestor Master Su. Ancestor Master Su sent the disciples to explore the market but warned them not to leave alone, especially Feng Li and Lei Tianming.

• Chen San told Lu Er he had won sixteen hundred Spirit Stones by betting on the Firewing Bird and Li Muxian, then urged him to gamble.
• A Red Palace landed near Sanxin Market, and a passing cultivator identified the red-robed leader as a Nascent Soul Cultivator.
• Chen San claimed Li Muxian had never lost and promised to tell Lu Er whenever Li Muxian entered a match.
• Ancestor Master Su warned the Wind Fire Sect disciples to stay together and told Feng Li not to leave the market alone.
• Ancestor Master Su assured the middle-aged cultivator that Feng Li and Lei Tianming had protective measures and that he would sense if either left the market.

Su Qingfeng sent Feng Li and Lei Tianming to draw attention while his disciples investigated suspicious cultivators in Sanxin Market. Shi Yue learned Lei Tianming would duel at the Spirit Law Hall and agreed to watch.

• Su Qingfeng ordered his disciples to investigate high-ranking cultivators from other nations while Feng Li and Lei Tianming stirred up a commotion.
• Feng Li challenged Lei Tianming to compete against other cultivators at the Spirit Law Hall, and the Wind Fire Sect party headed there.
• Sun Hong reported to Elder Chen that a Nascent Soul Cultivator from Great Tang had arrived, and Elder Chen ordered his people to stay hidden and cautiously contact the Wind Fire Sect disciples.
• Shi Yue met Wang Pingzhi at Juying Pavilion and learned that Lei Tianming would duel disciples from the Purple Flame Sect that night.
• Shi Yue told Wang Pingzhi he would attend the duel and then went to meet his waiting companion.

Shi Yue joined Wu Ming and other Taixu Sect disciples for tea, where he learned about their rankings and the Spirit Law Hall. Wu Ming revealed that he had invited Shi Yue because he wanted to challenge him and raise his own reputation.

• Shi Yue and Li Yan joined Wu Ming and more than a dozen Taixu Sect disciples for tea and spirit cakes.
• Ye Qianqian introduced her spirit cakes, and the disciples told Shi Yue their names.
• Wu Ming asked about Shi Yue's master, but Shi Yue said he could not reveal the name.
• Ye Qianqian told Shi Yue that Wu Ming ranked third on the Taixu Ranking, while Li Feiyu was first and Murong Xiaoxiao was second.
• Wu Ming explained why he preferred fighting at the Spirit Law Hall, then invited Shi Yue to spar.
• Wu Ming hoped that defeating Shi Yue would bring him greater recognition.

Shi Yue joined Wu Ming and the Taixu Sect disciples at Spirit Law Hall, where he placed a bet on Lei Tianming before watching Lei face Feng Yue in a duel. Lei countered Feng Yue’s attacks with lightning, and both fighters summoned transformed spirit artifacts as the chapter ended.

• Shi Yue agreed to register for a duel with Wu Ming after chatting with him and the Taixu Sect disciples.
• At Spirit Law Hall, Shi Yue bet two thousand spirit stones on Lei Tianming to defeat Feng Yue.
• Chen Yurou began Lei Tianming and Feng Yue’s duel on the Green Stone Platform.
• Feng Yue attacked with fire talismans and a Purple Command Flag, while Lei Tianming destroyed her attacks with Palm Thunder and a Silver Lightning Ball.
• Feng Yue transformed her Purple Flame Scorpion Tiger Flag into a giant tiger, and Lei Tianming transformed his Silver Flying Knife into a giant eagle.

Lei Tianming defeated Feng Yue in a duel with his lightning-powered Silver Giant Eagle, while Shi Yue considered the danger of Lightning Spells. Xiaoyaozi offered him a method for drawing a Lightning Protection Talisman, and Shi Yue tried to bargain for it.

• Lei Tianming and Feng Yue sent their spirit beasts and tools against each other, and the Silver Giant Eagle overwhelmed Feng Yue's Purple Light Screen.
• Feng Yue conceded, and Lei Tianming's Silver Giant Eagle released her before she left the Green Stone Platform.
• Shi Yue concluded that Lei Tianming's Lightning Spells had made victory inevitable and recalled the power of a previous lightning attack against him.
• Xiaoyaozi offered Shi Yue a method for making a Heavenly Thunder Robe, then proposed a Lightning Protection Talisman when Shi Yue said he could not yet refine spirit tools.
• Shi Yue offered Xiaoyaozi three thousand Spirit Stones for the talisman method instead of the requested five thousand.

Shi Yue arranged a duel for the night after tomorrow, then bought ten thousand bundles of mid-grade Talisman Paper from Jin Xiangyu and received a VIP Token. Jin Xiangyu investigated Li Muxian afterward but found little information about him.

• Shi Yue and Wu Ming registered to duel the night after tomorrow after Chen Yurou told them the next night was already booked.
• Shi Yue exchanged his chips for forty thousand Spirit Stones, and Xiaoyaozi gave him ten thousand more to bet on his upcoming fight.
• Shi Yue visited Jin Yu Xuan and negotiated with its shopkeeper, Jin Xiangyu, for ten thousand bundles of mid-grade Talisman Paper at nine Spirit Stones per bundle.
• Jin Xiangyu gave Shi Yue a VIP Token and accepted ninety thousand Spirit Stones for the paper.
• Jin Xiangyu ordered her steward to investigate Li Muxian, then found the report contained almost no information.

Shi Yue perfected the Lightning Protection Talisman and continued running the Immortal Herb Pavilion, where he offered Ye Qinghuan pre-orders for rare spirit herbs. When Shi Yue refused Ye Qinghuan’s thousand-year Ganluo Flower order because he had not spent enough at the shop, Ye Qinghuan unleashed his Spiritual Pressure and Shi Yue resisted it with his body.

• Shi Yue succeeded in drawing three Lightning Protection Talismans after seven hundred and eighty failures.
• Shi Yue visited the Immortal Herb Pavilion, gave Li Yan spirit cakes, and returned upstairs to read about artifact crafting.
• Ye Qinghuan searched Sanxin Market for a five-hundred-year-old Ganluo Flower but found none and entered the Immortal Herb Pavilion after seeing its thousand-year spirit herb pre-order sign.
• Shi Yue told Ye Qinghuan he could obtain a five-hundred-year-old Ganluo Flower in fifteen months for ten thousand Spirit Stones and quoted more than fifty thousand for a thousand-year herb.
• Ye Qinghuan offered to order both a five-hundred-year-old and a thousand-year-old Ganluo Flower, but Shi Yue said thousand-year orders required at least five hundred thousand Spirit Stones in prior purchases.
• Ye Qinghuan grew furious and pressed Shi Yue with Spiritual Pressure, but Shi Yue enlarged his body and eased the force, surprising Ye Qinghuan.

Shi Yue handled a preorder at the Immortal Herb Pavilion, studied artifact refining, and met Chen Feng and Chen Jiao at Juying Pavilion. He agreed to spar with one of them at the Spirit Law Hall.

• Ye Qinghuan preordered a five-hundred-year-old Ganluo Flower from Shi Yue, who promised to provide it in fifteen months.
• Shi Yue refused Xiaoyaozi's offer to use the Exquisite House and returned to studying artifact-refining texts.
• Shi Yue closed the Immortal Herb Pavilion, left Li Yan to cultivate, and went to Juying Pavilion.
• Chen Feng and Chen Jiao served Shi Yue Colorful Clouds Tea and Spirit Cakes, then asked which sect he belonged to.
• Shi Yue declined to reveal his master's name and agreed to spar with one of the sisters at the Spirit Law Hall.

Shi Yue attended the Spirit Law Hall to watch Feng Li of the Wind Fire Sect battle Lu Zhen of the Hundred Skills Sect, wagering on the unfamiliar Feng Li despite the others’ confidence in Lu Zhen. Feng Li overwhelmed Lu Zhen with fire techniques, and the chapter ended as Lu Zhen raised a golden turtle puppet and strengthened his barrier against a barrage of Crimson Fire Blades.

• Chen Feng and Chen Jiao told Shi Yue that Lu Zhen ranked thirtieth on the Hundred Skills List and was a skilled puppet user.
• Chen Feng and Chen Jiao each bet ten thousand Spirit Stones on Lu Zhen, while Shi Yue bet the same amount on Feng Li.
• Feng Li attacked Lu Zhen with fireballs and a flaming tiger, damaging Lu Zhen’s shield before Lu Zhen released five human puppets.
• Feng Li engulfed the puppets in a Crimson Sea of Fire, but they emerged unscathed.
• Feng Li summoned more than a thousand Crimson Fire Blades and sent them at Lu Zhen, who raised a golden turtle puppet and reinforced his blue barrier.

Feng Li defeated Lu Zhen using only Fire Element Spells, then challenged the cultivators to fight without magic weapons or Spirit Tools. He battered Chen's layered defenses with spells and closed in to strike the remaining barriers with a flaming fist.

• Feng Li overwhelmed Lu Zhen's defenses with crimson fire blades and a Giant Fireball, prompting Lu Zhen to concede.
• Feng Li challenged the spectators to a fight without magic weapons or Spirit Tools, and Chen accepted a wager of five thousand Spirit Stones.
• Chen set up four layers of defense using his Black Gourd, a Blue Bead, and two Talismans.
• Feng Li assaulted Chen with more than a thousand fire blades, the Fire Rain Technique, and a giant fire eagle, wearing down the Black Light Screen.
• Feng Li rushed Chen and struck the Blue Light Screen with his flame-covered fist, making it cave inward.

Feng Li defeated a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator and challenged the onlookers, eventually confronting Shi Yue. Shi Yue agreed to a wager on the condition that Feng Li withstand one of his moves, leaving Feng Li hesitant.

• Feng Li broke through the light screens and knocked the dark-faced fat man unconscious with a punch.
• Feng Li challenged the crowd to withstand his attacks for ten thousand Spirit Stones, but no one volunteered.
• The onlookers urged Feng Li to challenge Shi Yue, and Feng Li offered increasingly valuable rewards to get him to spar.
• Shi Yue refused Feng Li’s offers until Feng Li agreed to wager a hundred thousand Spirit Stones.
• Shi Yue proposed that Feng Li withstand one move from him unharmed, and Feng Li hesitated.

Shi Yue struck Feng Li during their one-move challenge, but Feng Li’s top-grade Protective Spirit Tool automatically saved him and sent Shi Yue flying. Feng Li’s master, the Nascent Soul Cultivator Su Qingfeng, arrived and demanded to know who had nearly killed his disciple.

• Feng Li accepted Shi Yue’s challenge to withstand one attack, and both signed a life-and-death agreement before Chen Yurou sealed the platform.
• Feng Li layered himself with defensive tools, talismans, and crimson scales while Shi Yue strengthened his body and arm for a powerful punch.
• Shi Yue shattered Feng Li’s first four defenses with one punch, but a top-grade Protective Spirit Tool activated and knocked Shi Yue backward, leaving him badly injured.
• Su Qingfeng burst into the arena and unleashed Spiritual Pressure that overwhelmed the cultivators, then withdrew it after confirming Feng Li was safe.
• Ouyang recognized Su Qingfeng as a senior Nascent Soul Cultivator, and Su Qingfeng questioned Feng Li about the fight while eyeing Shi Yue.

After Li Muxian defeated Feng Li with one punch, Shi Yue claimed the agreed Spirit Stones and returned to his lodgings, where Carefree Wanderer urged him to restart his cultivation. The next morning, Shi Yue visited the Immortal Herb Pavilion and brought Li Yan spiritual treats.

• Feng Li admitted that Li Muxian had broken his defenses with one punch, and Su Qingfeng asked Shi Yue about his master, whom Shi Yue falsely named Carefree Wanderer, a Nascent Soul Cultivator.
• Shi Yue reminded Su Qingfeng that Feng Li had agreed to pay him a hundred thousand Spirit Stones, and Su Qingfeng gave him a Red Storage Bag containing more than that amount.
• After Su Qingfeng and Feng Li left, Shi Yue registered for future matches with Chen Feng and exchanged his betting tokens for thirty thousand Spirit Stones.
• Carefree Wanderer advised Shi Yue to dissipate his cultivation after his next two matches and start over, and Shi Yue agreed that he should also buy more pills for Li Yan.
• Shi Yue visited the Immortal Herb Pavilion the next morning and gave Li Yan spiritual pastries and fruits before she encouraged him to cultivate upstairs.

Shi Yue agreed to buy the Heavenly Thunder Technique from Xiaoyaozi and considered moving into the Immortal Herb Pavilion’s basement to cultivate and protect the shop. After Shi Yue objected that the technique required storm lightning, Xiaoyaozi struck him with a bolt of Silver Lightning.

• Shi Yue urged Li Yan to focus on cultivation and agreed to shorten the Immortal Herb Pavilion’s business hours so she could study.
• Xiaoyaozi advised Shi Yue to cultivate in the pavilion’s basement and offered three defensive formations for a hundred thousand Spirit Stones.
• Xiaoyaozi offered Shi Yue the Heavenly Thunder Technique, an Ancient Daoist Technique that could let him use Lightning Spells despite his Five Spirit Root aptitude.
• Shi Yue accepted the technique after Xiaoyaozi claimed it could help him open a mysterious inheritance and counter demonic cultivators.
• Shi Yue discovered the technique required heavenly thunder, and Xiaoyaozi answered by striking him with Silver Lightning.

Shi Yue trained the Heavenly Thunder Technique by enduring Xiaoyaozi’s heavenly lightning, strengthening his body while accumulating a large Spirit Stone debt. He then headed to the Spirit Law Hall for his duel against Wu Ming, while Lei Tianming also planned to watch.

• Xiaoyaozi charged Shi Yue ten thousand Spirit Stones per lightning strike, and Shi Yue agreed to use the strikes to cultivate the Heavenly Thunder Technique.
• Xiaoyaozi repeatedly struck Shi Yue with heavenly lightning, and Shi Yue gradually grew stronger and learned to endure more bolts.
• Lei Tianming learned that Li Muxian would duel Wu Ming at the Spirit Law Hall and decided to attend.
• After spending over two months training in Palm Heaven Space, Shi Yue’s debt rose to four hundred thousand Spirit Stones, and he left to place bets on the duel.
• Shi Yue went to the Spirit Law Hall with Li Yan and complained that the two-to-one odds on his fight against Wu Ming were too low.

Shi Yue arrived at the Spirit Law Hall too late to bet on Li Muxian, then accepted Wu Ming’s challenge to withstand five attacks without defensive Spirit Tools. He shrugged off Wu Ming’s first attacks and destroyed his Blue Shark with the Hundred Sword Technique, while Wu Ming prepared another attack.

• Shi Yue tried to bet on Li Muxian, but the maid told him the wagers on Li Muxian had already reached their limit.
• Chen San reassured Lu Er that Li Muxian would win, while Lu Er worried about losing his hard-earned Spirit Stones.
• Shi Yue and Wu Ming entered the Green Stone Platform, where Wu Ming proposed that Shi Yue withstand five attacks and Shi Yue agreed.
• Wu Ming sent hundreds of Blue Water Spears at Shi Yue, but they barely harmed him.
• Shi Yue used his Profound Fire Swords and the Hundred Sword Technique to destroy Wu Ming’s Blue Shark.
• Wu Ming put away the Blue Bead and took out a Yellow Command Flag, beginning to wave it as the chapter ended.

Shi Yue defeated Wu Ming by withstanding his Mighty Ape and Lightning Python attacks, winning the spar and drawing bets on Li Muxian. As the crowd gathered for another match, Lei Tianming arrived on the Green Stone Platform to challenge him.

• Wu Ming transformed the Yellow Banner into a Level Four Mighty Ape, but Shi Yue met its strength head-on and forced it back.
• Wu Ming attacked Shi Yue with a mid-grade Lightning Python Talisman, but Shi Yue survived the lightning and won their agreed spar.
• Wu Ming conceded, and the watching cultivators celebrated their winning bets on Li Muxian.
• The crowd stayed to watch another match, and Lei Tianming flew onto the platform and challenged Shi Yue.

Shi Yue challenged Lei Tianming to withstand five attacks in exchange for fifty thousand Spirit Stones and endured his lightning techniques with his body. Lei Tianming then used a powerful spirit artifact, but Shi Yue blocked its attack and awaited Lei Tianming’s final move.

• Lei Tianming offered fifty thousand Spirit Stones if Shi Yue could withstand five attacks without using a Defensive Spirit Tool, and Shi Yue accepted.
• Lei Tianming struck Shi Yue with two bolts of silver lightning, but Shi Yue endured them and told him four attacks remained.
• Lei Tianming launched a giant lightning ball and then used Lightning Summoning Technique to strike Shi Yue repeatedly, but Shi Yue survived both attacks.
• Lei Tianming wielded the Wind Thunder Fan to send an Azure Giant Blade at Shi Yue, who shattered it with his fist and suffered only a small cut.
• Shi Yue said one move remained, and Lei Tianming put away the fan and drew a silver flying knife engraved with an eagle’s head.