Chapter Summaries

Shi Yue activated Immortal Herb Pavilion’s formations against Wang Lin after Wang Lin injured Li Yan and caused trouble. He crippled Wang Lin, smashed his Golden Core, and drove him out, then reassured Li Yan that he had not killed him.

• Shi Yue used the formations to crush Wang Lin and Chen Lin, leaving Chen Lin kneeling and spitting blood.
• Wang Lin threatened Shi Yue, but the formation shattered his protective shield and pinned his Blue Flying Knife to the ground.
• Wang Lin attacked with a Top-Grade Spirit Tool, so Shi Yue used the formation to crush his right arm.
• Wang Lin summoned his Golden Seal, but the formation pinned it down as Shi Yue moved in and punched through Wang Lin’s dantian, destroying his Golden Core.
• Shi Yue took Wang Lin’s Storage Bag and kicked him out of Immortal Herb Pavilion.
• Li Yan worried that Shi Yue had broken marketplace regulations, and Shi Yue told her Wang Lin had attacked first and that he had not killed him.

Shi Yue defended Li Yan from Wang Lin and Chen Lin, then justified his actions to Sanxin Market’s managers with evidence from a Shadow Return Pearl. Li Liang and Zhao Dongliu accepted that Shi Yue had followed the market’s rules, but left suspecting that his strength or hidden protections were far greater than he had shown.

• Li Yan praised Shi Yue for protecting her, while Wang Lin was thrown outside and collapsed after Shi Yue destroyed his golden core.
• Shi Yue crippled Chen Lin and threw him out, drawing Li Liang and Zhao Dongliu to investigate.
• Shi Yue showed the managers a Shadow Return Pearl recording Wang Lin attacking him and Li Yan, though he concealed what happened afterward.
• Li Liang and Zhao Dongliu confirmed that Wang Lin and Chen Lin were alive and concluded that Shi Yue had acted within the market’s rules.
• Li Liang and Zhao Dongliu inspected the intact Immortal Herb Pavilion, found no signs of a fight, and left wondering about Shi Yue’s power and defenses.

After the market punished Wang Lin and Chen Lin for attacking the Immortal Herb Pavilion, Shi Yue welcomed Zhang Hanlin, who placed a large order for Spirit Herbs. Shi Yue collected a deposit and rewarded Li Yan with Qi Nurturing Pills as the pavilion prepared to close for a month.

• Li Liang announced that the Immortal Herb Pavilion would close for a month and that Wang Lin and Chen Lin would be severely punished for damaging the market formations and attacking others.
• Zhang Hanlin introduced himself as Zhang Feng's third uncle and asked Shi Yue to reserve Spirit Herbs.
• Shi Yue agreed to Zhang Hanlin's order of Mysterious Jade Flowers and five kinds of thousand-year Spirit Herbs, promising delivery within three years.
• Zhang Hanlin asked about VIP tokens, and Shi Yue explained that the pavilion issued them when customers collected their goods.
• Zhang Hanlin paid a deposit and extra Spirit Stones, then left Zhang Feng in the market to await the order.
• Shi Yue gave Li Yan ten bottles of Qi Nurturing Pills and urged her to reach Foundation Establishment soon.

Li Liang and Zhao Dongliu reported that Li Muxian had crippled a Core Formation Cultivator at the Immortal Herb Pavilion without damaging the shop, prompting powerful figures to investigate his abilities and place herb preorders. Su Qingfeng also learned of Li Muxian’s feat and ordered ten Thousand-Year Spirit Herbs, but was told he would need to spend two million Spirit Stones to qualify.

• Li Liang told Elder Bai and Li Yuanhua that Li Muxian had shattered a troublemaking Core Formation Cultivator’s golden core, and Elder Bai approved a month-long closure of the Immortal Herb Pavilion.
• Li Yuanhua ordered Li Liang to preorder herbs worth a million Spirit Stones and several Thousand-Year Spirit Herbs, while Elder Bai ordered the execution of two troublemakers from the pavilion.
• Li Yuanhua asked whether Li Muxian was searching for a hidden place, but Bai Pu said Li Muxian likely did not know about it because entry required a key.
• A middle-aged man told Su Qingfeng that Li Muxian had defeated a Core Formation Cultivator with a formation without damaging the Immortal Herb Pavilion.
• Su Qingfeng ordered ten Thousand-Year Spirit Herbs, and the middle-aged man explained that qualifying for ten required spending two million Spirit Stones.

Shi Yue set a high minimum for Spirit Herb reservations as the Immortal Herb Pavilion drew a crowd before its month-long closure. He left Li Liang’s large order unresolved after explaining that the Pavilion could not yet supply Ice- and Fire-attribute herbs or Spirit Fruits.

• Su Qingfeng reserved several Thousand-Year Spirit Herbs and Red Origin Flowers worth one million Spirit Stones.
• Sun Hong told Elder Chen that Li Muxian had crippled a Core Formation cultivator and that the Immortal Herb Pavilion was packed, so Elder Chen ordered his people to withdraw from Sanxin Market in shifts.
• Shi Yue required orders worth at least three hundred thousand Spirit Stones, prompting many cultivators to leave without reserving herbs.
• Li Liang arrived to place a large order, but Shi Yue said the Pavilion could not reserve Ice- or Fire-attribute herbs or Spirit Fruits.
• Li Liang questioned whether the Pavilion could use formations to create suitable growing environments for those herbs.

Shi Yue accepted Li Liang’s large Spirit Herb order and discussed Immortal Herb Pavilion’s limits on cultivating herbs that required special environments. He then met Chen Han, who wanted Fire Attribute herbs the shop could not supply, before Liu Hongfu and Chen Feng arrived with a Core Formation Cultivator.

• Shi Yue consulted Xiaoyaozi about special formations and learned they were costly and beyond Shi Yue’s current ability to control.
• Li Liang ordered seven-hundred-year herbs and five Thousand-Year Spirit Herbs, paid Shi Yue a deposit, and received a receipt.
• Chen Han of the Wind Fire Sect asked to order Fire Attribute herbs, but Shi Yue explained that Immortal Herb Pavilion was not taking orders for herbs grown in volcanic environments.
• Shi Yue agreed to keep the shop open until the Hai hour for Chen Han, noting it would close for a month of rectification starting the next day.
• Liu Hongfu and Chen Feng arrived with a dignified Middle-aged Beautiful Woman whose Spiritual Pressure marked her as a Core Formation Cultivator.

Shi Yue took Lu Yun’s order for several kinds of Spirit Herbs and declined Liu Hongfu’s request for a Fire Attribute herb. Murong Xiaoxiao then persuaded him to accept Lin Qiao’s preorder in exchange for Spirit Feeding Pills, despite Lin’s inability to pay the full deposit immediately.

• Lu Yun ordered six-hundred-year-old herbs and five kinds of Thousand-Year Spirit Herbs, paid a deposit, and arranged for Chen Feng to collect them when they arrived.
• Liu Hongfu asked Shi Yue to preorder a six-hundred-year-old Fire Attribute Spirit Herb, but he said the shop could not currently provide rare Ice or Fire Attribute herbs.
• Murong Xiaoxiao introduced Shi Yue to Taixu Sect Elder Lin Qiao, who wanted to preorder seven-hundred-year-old herbs and a Thousand-Year Azure Spirit Ginseng using Spirit Feeding Pills.
• Lin Qiao offered five bottles toward the required seventy-bottle deposit, and Murong Xiaoxiao persuaded Shi Yue to accept the order while Lin gathered the rest.

Shi Yue secured several large Spirit Herb orders from Lin Qiao and Chen Han while arranging a trade with Taixu Sect through Murong Xiaoxiao. The chapter ended with Shi Yue having closed four major deals worth more than five million Spirit Stones in one evening.

• Lin Qiao paid Shi Yue ten thousand Spirit Stones and arranged to buy Thousand-Year Spirit Herbs when they arrived in five years.
• Murong Xiaoxiao stayed behind, and Shi Yue admitted that he had crippled Wang Lin by trapping him with an array and asked her to keep it secret.
• Shi Yue asked Murong Xiaoxiao to persuade her great-grandfather to trade Spirit Herbs, and she said two thousand-year-old Ice Soul Flowers could help secure his agreement.
• Chen Han placed an order for several Spirit Herbs worth 1.69 million Spirit Stones and paid Shi Yue a deposit of 160,000 Spirit Stones.
• Shi Yue concluded four major deals worth more than five million Spirit Stones in total.

Shi Yue heard Sheng Dong’s plea for a Thousand-year Soul Returning Grass to save his wife, then accepted Li Da’s order for ironwood. He promised to help Li Yan cultivate and considered Xiaoyaozi’s offer of a formation to speed up cultivation.

• Sheng Dong asked Shi Yue to find a Thousand-year Soul Returning Grass and gave him twenty thousand Spirit Stones for his trouble.
• Sheng Dong revealed that he wanted to save his wife, and Shi Yue promised to notify him if he found the herb.
• Li Da ordered one hundred three-hundred-year-old ironwood trees, paid a deposit, and received a receipt from Shi Yue.
• Shi Yue urged Li Yan to cultivate toward Foundation Establishment and promised to get her Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Xiaoyaozi praised the Gold-eyed Dao Body’s illusions and offered Shi Yue the Three Talents Spirit Gathering Array for one hundred thousand Spirit Stones.

Shi Yue secured more spirit herb orders from the Ancient Sword Sect and Tai Sheng Tower while declining an invitation to a swordsmanship exchange. After obtaining the array instructions he had purchased, he received Han Shuo’s help acquiring artifact-refining materials and prepared to close the Immortal Herb Pavilion.

• Song Tiancheng ordered five each of three six-hundred-year-old spirit herbs, and Shi Yue agreed to deliver them within three years.
• Liu Xu invited Shi Yue to the Ancient Sword Sect’s swordsmanship exchange, but he declined because he planned to enter seclusion for a month.
• Shi Yue paid Xiaoyaozi for the Three Talents Spirit Gathering Array and VIP token instructions, then took the Jade Slips from the Palm Heaven Space.
• Han Shuo ordered spirit herbs, including a thousand-year-old Bailin Flower, and asked Shi Yue to find out about a Nine-Colored Lotus.
• Shi Yue bought artifact-refining materials from Tai Sheng Tower at a discounted price, and the Immortal Herb Pavilion closed after the goods arrived.

Shi Yue sorted Wang Lin’s possessions, confirmed he had to leave Palm Heaven Space before attempting Foundation Establishment, and prepared to advance his cultivation while worrying about threats outside the marketplace. He accepted Xiaoyaozi’s Puppet Shadow Talisman method for protection, while marketplace rumors spread that Li Muxian had crippled a Core Formation Cultivator.

• Shi Yue found Spirit Stones, spirit tools, pills, materials, and Jade Slips in Wang Lin’s Storage Bag, then asked Xiaoyaozi whether he could reach Foundation Establishment inside Palm Heaven Space.
• Xiaoyaozi warned Shi Yue that Palm Heaven Space might not be ready for Foundation Establishment, so Shi Yue planned to cultivate there only until the great perfection of Qi Refining.
• Shi Yue worried that Immortal Herb Pavilion’s new fame and his own wealth would draw Core Formation Cultivators’ attention, especially when he left the marketplace to advance.
• Xiaoyaozi offered Shi Yue the Puppet Shadow Talisman method for fifty thousand Spirit Stones, and Shi Yue agreed to owe him the cost before studying the method and beginning to draw talismans.
• The next morning, Lu Er and Chen San discussed rumors that Li Muxian had crippled a Core Formation Cultivator with a formation.

Shi Yue prepared to leave the Immortal Herb Pavilion to obtain herbs for its growing orders, while a Core Formation Cultivator departed Sanxin Market with apparent disdain. At Juying Pavilion, Shi Yue met Murong Xiaoxiao privately and asked her to help acquire herbs through an exchange.

• Cultivators left Sanxin Market eager to report that Li Muxian's Immortal Herb Pavilion accepted orders for Thousand-Year Spirit Herbs.
• A blue-robed Core Formation Cultivator left the market and glanced back at it with scorn.
• Shi Yue told Li Yan to stay inside the Immortal Herb Pavilion while he went to pick up goods, then headed to Taixu Pavilion.
• Shi Yue met Murong Xiaoxiao and avoided suspicion from Luofu Hai, who remarked that his voice sounded familiar.
• At Juying Pavilion, Shi Yue showed Murong Xiaoxiao a list of Spirit Herbs and asked her to arrange an exchange; she agreed to consult her superiors.

Shi Yue escaped a Core Formation Cultivator’s pursuit by using an Incarnation Talisman, then returned to Sanxin Market in disguise and discovered that several factions were watching him and Immortal Herb Pavilion. Xiaoyaozi explained that Shi Yue’s preorders had drawn attention from a Cultivation Sect.

• Shi Yue left Juying Pavilion and used an Earth Escape Talisman to flee Sanxin Market as a gaunt old man in yellow pursued him with a centipede.
• Shi Yue created an illusory double with a Silver Talisman and hid himself under a Stealth Cloak, but the old man captured the double with a Binding Demon Rope.
• The double and its Storage Bag vanished when the old man tried to seize them, revealing that Shi Yue had used an Incarnation Talisman.
• Disguised as a young man in blue, Shi Yue followed the old man back into Sanxin Market and saw him enter Juyaju, a gathering place for Western Han cultivators.
• Shi Yue noticed unfamiliar people watching Immortal Herb Pavilion and concluded that multiple factions had taken an interest in him.
• Xiaoyaozi said Shi Yue’s Spirit Herb preorders had attracted attention and that the Puppet Shadow Talisman had helped him escape the Core Formation Cultivator.

Shi Yue tested a Three Talents Spirit Gathering Array, then severed his cultivation and began rebuilding it with the Five Elements Chaotic Origin Art. At Taixu Pavilion, Murong Xiaoxiao planned to return to Taixu Sect, while Luofu Hai celebrated a talisman-making victory and Lin Qiao ordered him confined to the pavilion.

• Shi Yue rented a secluded courtyard, tested the Three Talents Spirit Gathering Array, and confirmed it did not disturb the surrounding spiritual energy.
• Shi Yue used the array inside Palm Heaven Space, severed his cultivation, and advanced to the second layer of Qi Refining in a day by cultivating the Five Elements Chaotic Origin Art.
• Murong Xiaoxiao told Lin Qiao she planned to return to Taixu Sect, and Lin Qiao agreed to escort her part of the way.
• Luofu Hai returned to Taixu Pavilion boasting that he had outperformed Zixiao Sect disciples in a talisman-making contest.
• Lin Qiao cautioned Luofu Hai against arrogance, then ordered him to stay at Taixu Pavilion and forbade him from leaving until Lin Qiao returned.

Lin Qiao escorted Murong Xiaoxiao away from Taixu Pavilion while two cultivators plotted to capture Li Muxian and steal his treasures. In Palm Heaven Space, Shi Yue reached peak Qi Refinement and prepared for Foundation Establishment, then argued with Xiaoyaozi over whether the Golden Silk Silkworms could transform at rank five.

• Lin Qiao took Murong Xiaoxiao out of Sanxin Market aboard a flying boat.
• A yellow-robed old man told a middle-aged cultivator that Li Muxian had escaped using an Incarnation Talisman, and they agreed to wait for his next trip before attacking him.
• Shi Yue reached the peak of Qi Refinement after cultivating in Palm Heaven Space for more than two years.
• Xiaoyaozi advised Shi Yue to find a secluded place to attempt Foundation Establishment and warned that using the Exquisite House cost five hundred thousand Spirit Stones.
• Shi Yue asked whether the sleeping Golden Silk Silkworms would wake and feared they might turn on him if they reached rank five.
• Xiaoyaozi claimed he could help rank-five silkworms take human form, and Shi Yue accused him of bragging and trying to charge more Spirit Stones.

Shi Yue prepared to establish his foundation again, paying Xiaoyaozi to help upgrade the Palm Heaven Bead and choosing a secluded cave for the attempt. Elsewhere, two Ning Family disciples were trapped by a bandit who planned to kill them.

• Shi Yue gave Xiaoyaozi 250,000 Spirit Stones, and Xiaoyaozi promised the Palm Heaven Bead would upgrade after Shi Yue established his foundation again.
• Shi Yue bought artifact-refining materials at Tai Sheng Tower, then flew to a secluded valley more than ten thousand li from Sanxin Market.
• Shi Yue found bones in a cave, set up the Five Elements Golden Light Array, and prepared to activate the Nine Palaces Spirit Gathering Array at midnight.
• A middle-aged bandit attacked two young Ning Family disciples, dismissed their threat of family revenge, and continued assaulting their defensive barrier.

Shi Yue successfully reached Foundation Establishment again by cultivating the Five Elements Chaotic Origin Art, and his Palm Heaven Space expanded. Xiaoyaozi explained that the art would give Shi Yue far greater magic power as he advanced, potentially letting him wield a magic treasure.

• Du Jiangming killed a blue-robed young man and a girl in a green dress with his Jade Emperor Bell, looted their bodies, and burned them.
• Shi Yue activated an array that drew Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy into the valley, then endured the influx as he refined it with the Five Elements Chaotic Origin Art.
• Du Jiangming noticed the unusual five-colored light above the valley and flew closer to investigate.
• Shi Yue reached Foundation Establishment again, and Palm Heaven Space expanded its Spirit Field and gained a volcano.
• Xiaoyaozi told Shi Yue that advancing the Five Elements Chaotic Origin Art would multiply his magic power and might eventually let him use a magic treasure.

Shi Yue finished refining several Spirit Artifacts and emerged from Palm Heaven Space to confront Du Jiangming, his old enemy. Their battle began with Shi Yue breaking Du Jiangming’s attacks, but Du Jiangming’s Heavenly Thunder Pearls engulfed him in silver lightning.

• Shi Yue refined the Heaven Shaking Rod, then made the Flying Cloud Boots and Sky-Breaking Gauntlets.
• Du Jiangming entered the valley after receiving no answer from the cave and called for its occupant to meet him.
• Shi Yue emerged, and he and Du Jiangming recognized each other as old enemies.
• Du Jiangming attacked with flying knives and a Golden Giant Bell, but Shi Yue deflected the knives and shattered the bell with the Sky-Breaking Gauntlets.
• Du Jiangming threw two Heavenly Thunder Pearls at Shi Yue, and their explosion swallowed Shi Yue in silver lightning.

Shi Yue killed Du Jiangming, examined a map that matched a scroll he had found earlier, and cultivated the fourth layer of the Five Elements Chaotic Origin Art. He then confronted a Level Four Gold-Backed Bear to test his strength, and the fight began.

• Shi Yue survived Du Jiangming’s Heavenly Thunder Pearls, killed Du Jiangming with the Heaven Shaking Rod, and burned his corpse.
• Shi Yue found a map in Du Jiangming’s Storage Bag and joined it with a matching sheepskin scroll he had obtained from a member of the Huang family.
• Shi Yue explored the volcano in Palm Heaven Space and agreed to pay Xiaoyaozi to protect his Spirit Herbs if lava threatened them.
• Shi Yue set up the Three Talents Spirit Gathering Array and cultivated until he mastered the fourth layer of the Five Elements Chaotic Origin Art.
• Shi Yue encountered a Level Four Gold-Backed Bear, dodged its earth spikes, enlarged his body, and charged at it to fight.

Shi Yue killed a Level Four Yao Bear and stored its corpse before flying onward. He then crossed paths with Ma Yunfei, who recognized him and was delighted to see him again.

• Shi Yue overpowered the golden giant bear, shattered its earth armor, and killed it with the Giant Sword Technique.
• Shi Yue stored the Level Four Yao Bear's corpse and flew away on the Haoyue Flying Boat.
• Ma Yunfei learned that the shop taking orders for thousand-year-old Spirit Herbs had closed and that the Ma Family planned to replace him as manager.
• Ma Yunfei traveled back toward Sanxin Market with Ma Yunwu, the new manager, and two clansmen.
• Ma Yunfei spotted Shi Yue aboard a White Flying Boat and recognized him.